Where does “tropika” come from?

tropika (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tropiko, from Latin tropicus, from Ancient Greek τροπικός, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

tropika (Esperanto): tropical

Definitions

  1. tropical

Ancestry of “tropika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotropikotropic
2Latintropicustropical
3Ancient Greekτροπικόςof or pertaining to a turn or change; of or...
4Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή
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