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Where does “trovatore” come from?

trovatore (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.

trovatore (Italian): One who finds, especially one who discovers ;...

Definitions

  1. One who finds, especially one who discovers ;...

Ancestry of “trovatore”, 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 Greek-ή—
8Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “trovatore”

  • trovadorico
  • trovatrice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →