contribute

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

   to contribute money to a church fund

2. 2
   verb

   to provide

3. 3
   verb

   to contribute to some cause

4. 4
   verb

   to bestow a quality on

5. 5
   verb

   to be conducive to

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“to bring together; to unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“to bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.