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Where does “τρόπος” come from?

τρόπος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

τρόπος (Ancient Greek): a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...

Definitions

  1. a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...

Ancestry of “τρόπος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
2Ancient Greek-ή—
3Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “τρόπος”

  • contrivance
  • contrive
  • trope
  • anisotropy
  • contraption
  • troubadour
  • troponin
  • tropism
  • pleiotropic
  • contriver
  • isotropy
  • tropopause
  • tropomyosin
  • trover
  • apotropaic
  • gravitropism
  • heliotropism
  • pleiotropy
  • phototropism
  • geotropism
  • allotrope
  • zoetrope
  • gyrotropy
  • hydrotropism
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