Where does “troppo” come from?
Troppo is not attested in English; the chain provided traces tropical (from Ancient Greek τροπικός, τροπή, τρέπω meaning "to turn," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European trep-) and aldehyde, but does not establish troppo as an English word.
troppo (English): Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as...
Definitions
- Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as...
Ancestry of “troppo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tropical | Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial... |
| 2 | English | tropic | Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′... |
| 3 | French | tropique | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | tropicus | of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τροπικός | of or pertaining to a turn or change; of or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ή | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |