Where does “tropo” come from?

tropo (Late Latin) comes from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

tropo (Late Latin): dative singular of tropus; ablative singular of...

Definitions

  1. dative singular of tropus; ablative singular of...

Ancestry of “tropo”, step by step

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