Where does “tropăială” come from?
tropăială (Romanian) comes from Romanian tropăi, from Romanian trop, from French trope, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.
tropăială (Romanian): trot
Definitions
- trot
Ancestry of “tropăială”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tropăi | to stomp |
| 2 | Romanian | trop | trope |
| 3 | French | trope | trope |
| 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 | — |