English
tributor
From tribute + -or.
Formed from tribute + -or
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes ‘three’
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Latin tribuere ‘to assign, allot’
Latin tributum
Middle French tribut
Middle English tribut
English tribute
Today it means
noun A miner who was paid a percentage of the value of whatever ore he mined.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tributor”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / tributor