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Contribution comes from Middle English contribucioun, from Old French contribution, from Latin contribūtiō, from contribuō ‘to bring together’ (con- + tribuō ‘to bestow’).

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtribuō¹‘to grant, bestow’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontribuō²as contribuēre‘to bring together, unite’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontribūtiō²
4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400contribution²
5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500contribucioun²
6. Englishearliest quotation 2019contribution²

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Latin contribuo
2. ² Wiktionary, English contribution
3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2019, Joscelyn Duffy, The Power of Perspective Taking: “Whether we believe in the power of our daily…”.