tributary的词源

英文词源

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.

中文词源

tributary（附属国）：向宗主国纳贡的国家

在古代，小国或被征服的国家需要向大国或征服国纳贡，以换取和平和保护。这种国家就被称为tributary。这个单词源自tribute（贡物），字面意思就是“纳贡的”。单词tribute来自拉丁词根tribuere（支付、给予、分配）。与此同源的单词有contribute（贡献）、attribute（归属）。

tribute：['tribju:t] n.贡物，礼物，颂词，致敬

tributary：['tribjutəri] adj.纳贡的，附属的，辅助的n.进贡国，附属国，支流

contribute：[kən'tribju:t] v.贡献，捐献，出力，投稿

attribute：[ə'tribju:t; 'ætribju:t] vt.归属，把……归于n.属性，特质

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：tributary 词源，tributary 含义。

tributary：支流

来自拉丁语 tribuere,支付，分配，给予，部落间的财富分配或其它，来自 tribus,部落，词源 同 tribe,contribution.引申词义河流的支流。