Where does “polytropic” come from?

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

polytropic (English): of any change in the thermodynamic properties of...

Definitions

of any change in the thermodynamic properties of...

Ancestry of “polytropic”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	πολύτροπος	much turned, much traveled, much wandering;...
2	Ancient Greek	τρόπος	a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
3	Ancient Greek	τροπή	a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
4	Ancient Greek	-ή	suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5	Ancient Greek	-ᾱ	nominal suffix
6	Proto-Indo-European	-éh₂	—

Words derived from “polytropic”

nonpolytropic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή →