Where does “Afrotropic” come from?

Afrotropic (English) comes from English tropic, from French tropique, from Late Latin tropicus, from Ancient Greek τροπικός, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Afrotropic (English): One of the major ecozones of the world that covers Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the southern part of West Asia

Definitions

  1. One of the major ecozones of the world that covers Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the southern part of West Asia

Ancestry of “Afrotropic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtropicEither of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′...
2Frenchtropiquetropic
3Late Latintropicusof or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one...
4Ancient Greekτροπικόςof or pertaining to a turn or change; of or...
5Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
6Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
7Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή