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Where does “-τροπία” come from?

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

Ancestry of “-τροπία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
2Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
3Ancient Greek-ή—
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-τροπία”

  • anisotropy
  • pleiotropic
  • isotropy
  • pleiotropy
  • gyrotropy
  • orthotropy
  • allotropy
  • gyrotropic
  • pleiotropically
  • syntropy
  • prototropy
  • barotropy
  • isotropism
  • syntropic
  • nongyrotropic
  • aeolotropy
  • hydrotropy
  • piezotropy
  • autobarotropy
  • homotropy
  • bianisotropy
  • gyrotropization
  • thermotropy
  • bigyrotropic
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