Where does “trófea” come from?
trófea (Hungarian) comes from German Trophäe, from French trophée, from Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.
trófea (Hungarian): trophy
Ancestry of “trófea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Trophäe | trophy; tropæum |
| 2 | French | trophée | trophy |
| 3 | Middle French | trophée | memorial |
| 4 | Latin | trophaeum | trophy, monument to victory in war; a sign of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τρόπαιον | trophy, a monument to an enemy's defeat |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ή | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “trófea”