Where does “troviero” come from?
troviero (Italian) comes from French trouvère, from Middle French trouvere, from Old French trovere, from Old French trover, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή.
troviero (Italian): trouvère
Definitions
- trouvère
Ancestry of “troviero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | trouvère | A trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the... |
| 2 | Middle French | trouvere | — |
| 3 | Old French | trovere | — |
| 4 | Old French | trover | to find |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tropare | to compose; present active infinitive of *tropō |
| 6 | Latin | tropus | a figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τρόπος | a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |