Question

The word tribe is derived from which word?
(a) Greek
(b) Latin
(c) Greek and Latin
(d) Latin or Greek

Answer 1

b-- Latin

The word “Tribe” is derived from the Latin word “Tribus” meaning “one third”. The word originally referred to one of the three territorial groups that united to form Rome.

Answer 2

To trace back the etymology of the word tribe, we need to go back to Latin/.

The answer to the question is B) Latin.

So the word tribe was taken from the ancient language of Latin. The root word from which it was taken is Tribus. Tribus also means the same as a tribe.