Where does “строфа” come from?

строфа (Russian) comes from Latin stropha, from Ancient Greek στροφή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

строфа (Russian): stanza; strophe; verse

Definitions

  1. stanza; strophe; verse

Ancestry of “строфа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstrophastrophe
2Ancient Greekστροφήturning; revolving; twisting
3Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →