英语词汇tributary的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	tributary
词源	tributary adj. late 14c., "paying tribute," from Latin tributarius "liable to tax or tribute," from tributum (see tribute). tributary n. late 14c., "person, country, etc. owing obedience or paying tribute or a tax to a sovereign or another people," from Latin tributarius (see tributary (adj.)). Meaning "stream that flows into a larger body" is from 1822, from the adjective in this sense, which is recorded from 1610s. Entries linking to tributary tribute n. mid-14c., "stated sum of money or other valuable consideration paid by one ruler or country to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of peace or protection," from Anglo-French tribute, Old French tribut and directly from Latin tributum "tribute, a stated payment, a thing contributed or paid," noun use of neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere "to pay, assign, grant," also "allot among the tribes or to a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Sense of "offering, gift, token" is first recorded 1580s. updated on October 14, 2021
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tributary adj.