tribut
to assign, grant, pay
Latin · tribuere / tributus
Tribut comes from Latin tribuere, "to assign, grant, pay". It appears in words about giving, sharing out, paying, and flowing into a larger body.
Memory trick
A TRIBUTary pays its water into the river; TRIBUTe is a payment or honour.
Words from this root
- contribute (con + tribut + e) — to give toward a shared goalयोगदान देना
- distribute (dis + tribut + e) — to give out in sharesबाँटना
- distribution (dis + tribut + ion) — the giving out of itemsवितरण
- distributional (dis + tribut + ion + al) — of how things are spreadवितरण संबंधी
- redistribute (re + dis + tribut + e) — to share out againदोबारा बाँटना
- redistribution (re + dis + tribut + ion) — sharing out againपुनर्वितरण
- tributary (tribut + ary) — a stream flowing into a riverसहायक नदी
- tribute (tribut + e) — an honour or paymentश्रद्धांजलि; कर