Where does “trovadoresco” come from?
trovadoresco (Spanish) comes from Spanish trovador, from Spanish trovar, from Old Spanish trobar, from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή.
trovadoresco (Spanish): troubadour
Definitions
- troubadour
Ancestry of “trovadoresco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | trovador | troubadour |
| 2 | Spanish | trovar | to versify, write poetry; to misconstrue |
| 3 | Old Spanish | trobar | to find |
| 4 | Old Occitan | trobar | to find |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tropare | to compose; present active infinitive of *tropō |
| 6 | Latin | tropus | a figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τρόπος | a turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |