Where does “Tropenfrucht” come from?
Tropenfrucht (German) comes from German frucht, from Middle High German fruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃rom — to give.
Ancestry of “Tropenfrucht”, step by step
Tropenfrucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German frucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | frucht | fruit seed-bearing part of a plant |
| 2 | Middle High German | fruht | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fruht | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fruht | fruit |
| 5 | Latin | frūctus | enjoyed; having derived pleasure from |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δῶρον | gift; hand's width |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | dṓron | gift |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃rom | gift |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via German Tropen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tropen | tropics; plural of Tropus; plural of Trope |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τροπαί | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |