Where does “trouvère” come from?
trouvère (French) comes 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, from Ancient Greek -ή.
trouvère (French): A trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the...
Definitions
- A trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the...
Ancestry of “trouvère”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | trouvere | — |
| 2 | Old French | trovere | — |
| 3 | Old French | trover | to find |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tropare | to compose; present active infinitive of *tropō |
| 5 | Latin | tropus | a figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τρόπος | a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ή | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “trouvère”