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Etymology of -trope

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos)der. Latin tropusder. English -trope From Latin

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
suffix

something that turns, affects, changes, responds, moves.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos)der. Latin tropusder. English -trope From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). See trope.

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  • Derivation mentiontropusla
  • Derivation mentionτρόποςgrc · a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic
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