Where does “guanotrophy” come from?

guanotrophy (English) comes from English trophy, from Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

guanotrophy (English): nutrition from bird droppings

Definitions

  1. nutrition from bird droppings

Ancestry of “guanotrophy”, step by step

guanotrophy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English trophy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrophyAn object, usually in the form of a statuette,...
2Middle Frenchtrophéememorial
3Latintrophaeumtrophy, monument to victory in war; a sign of...
4Ancient Greekτρόπαιονtrophy, a monument to an enemy's defeat
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

via English guano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishguanoDung from a sea bird or from a bat; A variety of...
2Spanishguanoguano
3Quechuawañudeath, afterlife; new moon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή
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