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 (something); finder

Definitions

one who finds, especially one who discovers (something); finder

Ancestry of “trovatore”, step by step

trovatore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian trovare

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	trovare	to find; to visit; to contact or get hold of
2	Old Occitan	trobar	to find
3	Vulgar Latin	tropare	to compose; present active infinitive of *tropō
4	Latin	tropus	a figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of...
5	Ancient Greek	τρόπος	a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
6	Ancient Greek	τροπή	a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
7	Ancient Greek	-ή	suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
8	Ancient Greek	-ᾱ	nominal suffix
9	Proto-Indo-European	-éh₂	—

via Old Occitan trobaire

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Occitan	trobaire	—

Words derived from “trovatore”

trovadorico

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή →