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-trib- (in this case) means "pay, give, allot, and tribe." from the three tribes of Rome who would conquer you if you didn't pay or give a lot of things to every year as tribute.

attribute v. To ascribe; to consider something as due or appropriate to; to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging to. [n. That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in; a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.]

contribution n. (con-, together, + -trib-, give, pay + -ute, make, cause + -ion, S, P, R, A) That which is contributed; either the portion which an individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole which is formed by the gifts of individuals.

tribune n. (L. tribunus, a tribune; literally the chief of a tribe. A tribe was one of the three bodies the Romans were originally divided into from tria, three.) Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people; often used as the name for a newspaper. [Originally a Roman magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempt that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls.]

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