Where does “trubàdūr” come from?
trubàdūr (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French troubadour, from Old Occitan trobador, from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή.
Ancestry of “trubàdūr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | troubadour | troubadour |
| 2 | Old Occitan | trobador | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | trobar | to find |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tropare | to compose; present active infinitive of *tropō |
| 5 | Latin | tropus | a figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τρόπος | a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ή | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
Words derived from “trubàdūr”