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The English word "tribute" comes via Old French from the Latin "tributum," which means "a thing contributed or paid" hence "tax, tribute." "Tributum" in turn comes from the Latin verb "tribuo, tribuere," meaning "to allot, grant, bestow, concede;" the verb is derived from another Latin noun, "tribus" (tribe).

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