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
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	suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
9	Ancient Greek	-ᾱ	nominal suffix
10	Proto-Indo-European	-éh₂	—

Words derived from “trouvère”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή →