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Where does “trovar” come from?

trovar (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish trobar, from Old Occitan trobar, from Vulgar Latin tropare, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ.

trovar (Spanish): to versify, write poetry; to misconstrue

Definitions

  1. to versify, write poetry; to misconstrue

Ancestry of “trovar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishtrobarto find
2Old Occitantrobarto find
3Vulgar Latintropareto compose; present active infinitive of *tropō
4Latintropusa figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of...
5Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
6Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
7Ancient Greek-ή—
8Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “trovar”

  • trovador
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →