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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Caesar|origins=la tribus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈtrɪ.bu.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈtriː.bu.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''contribuō''' (present infinitive contribuere, perfect active contribuī, supine contribūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] and [[tribuō]] “to allot”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL says it is read from Caesar onwards, in a few places in Caesar, Tibullus and Ovid.^(TLL) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to join in one, unite, and to attach a town or people to a state or ruler for administrative purposes, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012) In Columella it meant to allot, assign, and in Tibullus to share, contribute, give, as Ovid's ''contribuere'' “to add one's part”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to help, contribute, unite, add.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|contribute]] came in the 1520s from its participle ''contribūtus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus uses it of contributing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of uniting towns.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1520s – English ''contribute'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To unite, incorporate; to attach to a state.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To allot, assign.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To share; to [[m|en|contribute]], give.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[contribūtiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tribuō]]

+ * [[en|contribute]]

+ * [[en|contribution]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}