Where does “трофейный” come from?
трофейный (Russian) comes from Russian трофе́й, from French trophée, from Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.
трофейный (Russian): trophy, captured
Ancestry of “трофейный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | трофе́й | — |
| 2 | French | trophée | trophy |
| 3 | Middle French | trophée | memorial |
| 4 | Latin | trophaeum | trophy, monument to victory in war; a sign of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τρόπαιον | trophy, a monument to an enemy's defeat |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ή | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |