tributary

• adj.支流; 補助; 補助
• n.支流; 支流国; 属国

ラテン語の tribuere から、支払う、分配する、与える、部族間などに富を分配する、tribus, tribe, 貢献と語源は同じ。

tributary (adj.)

late 14c., "paying tribute," from Latin tributarius "liable to tax or tribute," from tributum (see tribute).

tributary (n.)

late 14c., "person, country, etc. owing obedience or paying tribute or a tax to a sovereign or another people," from Latin tributarius (see tributary (adj.)). Meaning "stream that flows into a larger body" is from 1822, from the adjective in this sense, which is recorded from 1610s.

1. There was a tributary road near the end of the village.

村の端に分かれ道がある。

2.The Missuri River is the chief tributary of the Mississippi.

ミズーリ川はミシシッピ川の主要な支流である。

3.Several rivers are tributary to the Ganges.

ガンジス川の支流である川がいくつもあります。

4.The Avon is a tributary of the Severn.

エバン川はセブン川の支流である。

5.England was his faithful tributary .

イングランドは彼の忠誠の藩である。