Tribal
/ˈtraɪbəl/noun
Relating to a tribe or tribes; characteristic of a tribe.
Did you know?Tribal ultimately traces back to Latin tribus, one of the original divisions of the Roman people, a political word that later became the root of modern ideas about clan, kinship, and social belonging.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*trei-
“three”
Latin
Latin
tribus
“one of the three original divisions of the Roman people; a tribe”
Late Latin
Latin
tribālis
“of a tribe”
Late 16th Century
English
tribal
“pertaining to a tribe”
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