Where does “trophée” come from?

trophée (Middle French) comes from Latin trophaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

trophée (Middle French): memorial

Definitions

  1. memorial

Ancestry of “trophée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrophaeumtrophy, monument to victory in war; a sign of...
2Ancient Greekτρόπαιονtrophy, a monument to an enemy's defeat
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

Words derived from “trophée

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή