Where does “allotropia” come from?
allotropia (Italian) comes from Italian -tropia, from Ancient Greek -τροπίᾱ, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
allotropia (Italian): allotropy
Definitions
- allotropy
Ancestry of “allotropia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | -tropia | -tropy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -τροπίᾱ | turn, direction |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τρόπος | a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |