contributio Latin · revision 9109

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Maecianus|origins=la tribuō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔn.trɪˈbuː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kon.triˈbut.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''contribūtiō''' ''f'' (genitive contribūtiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[contribuō]] “to contribute” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first sources are inscriptions and the jurist Maecianus (2nd century AD).^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a payment, contribution.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it post-classical and give a dividing, distributing; in the Digest it is the balancing of debit and credit.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for payment of a share, and for a subsidy or tax, especially a papal one.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''contribuzione'' and Spanish ''contribución'', and gave [[en|contribution]] in the late 14th century, first “a levy imposed on a district”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd century AD – Maecianus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''contribution'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A payment, [[m|en|contribution]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A distributing; a balancing of accounts.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A subsidy, tax.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[contribuō]]

+ * [[tribuō]]

+ * [[en|contribution]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}