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