Where does “eliotropia” come from?

eliotropia (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.

eliotropia (Italian): heliotropism, phototropism

Definitions

  1. heliotropism, phototropism

Ancestry of “eliotropia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-tropia-tropy
2Ancient Greek-τροπίᾱturn, direction
3Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
4Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή
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