Where does “contreve” come from?

contreve (Middle English) comes from Old French controver, from Old French trover, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.

contreve (Middle English): to invent

Definitions

to invent

Ancestry of “contreve”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	controver	—
2	Old French	trover	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	—

Words derived from “contreve”

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