tributary
Meanings
noun
- A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
- A vein which drains into another vein.
- A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
adj
- Related to the paying of tribute.
- Subordinate; inferior.
- Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
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Etymology
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).
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