Latin

tropus

‘figurative use of a word’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin tropus.

10 English words in this record descend from Latin tropus, most familiar first.

• trope
• troubadour ← trobar ← *tropāre
• contrive ← contreve ← controver ← trover ← *tropāre
• tropism
• trover ← *tropāre
• thyrotrope
• trouvaille ← trouver ← trover ← *tropāre
• trouvère ← trovere ← *tropātor
• trouveur ← trouver ← trover ← *tropāre
• tropery ← troparium

Etymograph / Latin tropus