myEtymology.com: English etymology of distributee

Etymology of the English word distributee

the English word distributee

derived from the English word distribute

derived from the Latin word distributus

derived from the Latin word distribuere (divide, distribute, assign)

using the Latin prefix dis-

derived from the Latin word tribuere (divide, assign; present)

derived from the Latin word tribus (third part of the people; tribe, hereditary division)

using the English suffix -ee

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