Where does “tro” come from?

tro (Ido) comes from Esperanto tro, from French trop, from Middle French trop, from Old French trop, from Medieval Latin troppus, from Proto-Germanic þurpą, from Proto-Indo-European treb- — settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell.

tro (Ido): too

Definitions

  1. too

Ancestry of “tro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotrotoo much
2Frenchtroptoo; too much; very, really, so
3Middle Frenchtroptoo; too much
4Old Frenchtropexcessively; too; enough; sufficiently
5Medieval Latintroppusflock; herd, flock
6Proto-Germanicþurpąvillage, rural settlement; gathering of people;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeantreb-settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European treb-