English
attribution
Attribution comes from Latin attributio ‘predicate, attribute’, from attribuō ‘to associate’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *triðus ‘trinity, tripartite entity’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*triðus‘trinity, tripartite entity’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtribus‘one of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities, Luceres’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtribuō‘to grant or bestow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEattribuō‘to associate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEattributio‘predicate, attribute’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600attribution
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*triðus‘trinity, tripartite entity’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtribus‘one of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities, Luceres’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtribuō‘to grant or bestow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEattribuō‘to associate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEattributio‘predicate, attribute’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600attribution
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
be, been, power, possible, present, future, physical, build, improve, presence, essential, bound, bond, absence, bush, physician, booth, approve, probability, absent, entity, favorable, favourable, fiat, bouquet, bun, imp, impotent, bower, rebuke, impossibility, aren, beamer, bosque, phylogeny, physic, phylum, boor, bist, busk, 81 more
through Latin tribus ‘one of the three original tribes of Rome:…’
distribution, tribe, tribal, tribute, tribunal, tribune, 3 more
through Latin tribuō ‘to grant or bestow’
contribute, contribution, distribute, contributor, retribution, 1 more
Today it means
noun The act of attributing something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *triðus / attribution