t 1 r 1 i 1 b 3 u 1 t 1 e 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun something given or done as an expression of esteem
noun payment by one nation for protection by another
noun payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
originPIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- bitter 8
- biuret 8
- butter 8
- buttie 8
- turbit 8
- biter 7
- britt 7
- bruit 7
- brute 7
- buret 7
- butte 7
- rebit 7