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Where does “trophi” come from?

trophi (English) comes from English trophus, from Latin trophus, from Ancient Greek τροφός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

trophi (English): plural of trophus

Definitions

  1. plural of trophus

Ancestry of “trophi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrophusMouthpart of certain types of organism such as an...
2Latintrophus—
3Ancient Greekτροφόςnurse; wet nurse
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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