Where does “troubadourish” come from?
troubadourish (English) comes from English troubadour, from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.
troubadourish (English): Resembling or characteristic of a troubadour
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a troubadour
Ancestry of “troubadourish”, step by step
troubadourish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English troubadour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | troubadour | An itinerant composer and performer of songs in... |
| 2 | Old Occitan | trobar | to find |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | tropare | to compose; present active infinitive of *tropō |
| 4 | Latin | tropus | a figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τρόπος | a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |