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Contribution - Etymology, Origin & Meaning Advertisement Remove Ads Want to remove ads? Log in to see fewer ads, and become a Premium Member to remove all ads. Origin and history of contribution contribution (n.) late 14c., contribucioun , "a levy imposed by a body politic upon a district or population" (for example to pay for military defense in a border region), from Old French contribution "payment" and directly from Late Latin contributionem (nominative contributio ) "a dividing, a distributing, a contribution," noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin contribuere "to bring together, add, contribute," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con- ) + tribuere "to allot, pay" (see tribute ). Meaning "the act of giving in common with others" is from mid-15c. Sense of "that which is given toward a common end" is from c. 1600. Sense of "a writing for a magazine or journal" is from 1714. also from late 14c. Entries linking to contribution tribute (n.) mid-14c., "stated sum of money or other valuable consideration paid by one ruler or country to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of peace or protection," from Anglo-French tribute , Old French tribut and directly from Latin tributum "tribute, a stated payment, a thing contributed or paid," noun use of neuter of tributus , past participle of tribuere "to pay, assign, grant," also "allot among the tribes or to a tribe," from tribus (see tribe ). The sense of "offering, gift, token" is attested by 1580s. con- word-forming element meaning "together, with," sometimes merely intensive; it is the form of com- used in Latin before consonants except -b-, -p-, -l-, -m- , or -r- . In native English formations (such as costar ), co- tends to be used where Latin would use con- . Advertisement Want to remove ads? Log in to see fewer ads, and become a Premium Member to remove all ads. More to explore donation "act of giving or bestowing; that which is gratuitously given, a grant or gift," mid-15c., donacioun, from Old French donacion (13c.) and directly from Latin donationem (nominative donatio) "a presenting, giving," noun of action from past-participle stem of donare "give as a gift part mid-13c., "division, portion of a whole, element or constituent (of something)," from Old French part "share, portion; character; power, dominion; side, way, path," from Latin partem (nominative pars) "a part, piece, a share, a division; a party or faction; a part of the body; a share [portion of something belonging to an individual], Middle English share, from Old English scearu "a cutting, shearing, tonsure; a part or division, a piece cut off," from the source of sceran "to cut," from Proto-Germanic *skeraz (source also of Old High German scara "troop, shar scot a term that survived in old law and in scot-free; late Old English, "municipal charges and taxes," also "a royal tax or contribution...This is from Old Norse skot "contribution," etymologically "a shooting, shot; a thing shot, a missile" (from PIE root *skeud..."a drinking party, probably compulsory, held by a sheriff, forester, bailiff, etc., for which a contribution was exacted"..."Scot implies a contribution toward some object to which others contributed equally" [Century Dictionary].... guild guild, brotherhood," and gield "service, offering; payment, tribute; compensation," from Proto-Germanic *geldja- "payment, contribution...The connecting sense is of a contribution or payment to join a protective or trade society....The earliest reference was to sacred banquets (Tacit: Germania 21-2) for which a contribution had to be paid, and which furthermore...The contribution to the banquets, *gelda-, acquired a legal meaning 'recompense', but also the meaning 'money, currency'... shake-down The meaning "forced contribution" (1902) is from the verbal phrase in a slang sense of "blackmail, extort" (1872).... busy-work Tablets, rings, slats, weaving, and the like, drawing, writing, all are laid under contribution.... subscription c. 1400, subscripcioun, "piece of writing at the end of a document," especially one's name or mark to attest to its authenticity, from Anglo-French subscripcion, Old French subscription (Modern French souscription) and directly from Latin subscriptionem (nominative subscriptio) " sum c. 1300, somme, summe, "a quantity or amount of money," from Anglo-French and Old French summe, somme "amount, total; collection; essential point; summing up, conclusion" (13c., Modern French somme), from Latin summa "the top, summit; chief place, highest rank; main thing, chief endeavor early 15c., "pains taken to attain an object," literally "in duty," from phrase put (oneself) in dever "make it one's duty" (a partial translation of Old French mettre en deveir "put in duty"), from Old French dever "duty," from Latin debere "to owe," originally, "keep something Share contribution ‘ cite ’ Page URL : https://www.etymonline.com/word/contribution Copy HTML Link : <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/contribution">Etymology of contribution by etymonline</a> Copy APA Style : Harper, D. 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