Where does “troubadour” come from?
Troubadour comes from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος meaning turn or way, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European trep-.
troubadour (English): An itinerant composer and performer of songs in...
Definitions
- An itinerant composer and performer of songs in...
Ancestry of “troubadour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | trobar | to find |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | tropare | to compose; present active infinitive of *tropō |
| 3 | Latin | tropus | a figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τρόπος | a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |