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- Latin · derived fromtribūnal“tribunal”
- Old French · derived fromtribunal
- English todaytribunal
PIE word *tréyes From Old French tribunal, from Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”), from tribus (“tribe”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law. Full definition →