Where does “trouvère” come from?

trouvère (English) comes from French trouvère, from Middle French trouvere, from Old French trovere, from Old French trover, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή.

trouvère (English): A medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue...

Definitions

  1. A medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue...

Ancestry of “trouvère”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchtrouvèreA trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the...
2Middle Frenchtrouvere—
3Old Frenchtrovere—
4Old Frenchtroverto find
5Vulgar Latintropareto compose; present active infinitive of *tropō
6Latintropusa figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of...
7Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
8Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
9Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
10Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή →