Where does “trovata” come from?

trovata (Italian) comes from Italian trovare, from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.

trovata (Italian): solution or quick fix used to get out of a difficult situation; expedient

Definitions

  1. solution or quick fix used to get out of a difficult situation; expedient

Ancestry of “trovata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrovareto find; to visit; to contact or get hold of
2Old Occitantrobarto find
3Vulgar Latintropareto compose; present active infinitive of *tropō
4Latintropusa figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of...
5Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
6Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
7Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
8Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

Words derived from “trovata

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή