Proto-Indo-European

*trep-

‘to turn’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *trep-.

40 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, most familiar first.

• trophy ← trophée ← trophaeum ← τρόπαιον ← τροπαῖος
• thrive ← thryven ← þrífa ← *þrībaną
• trope ← tropus ← τρόπος ← τρέπω
• intrepid ← intrépide ← intrepidus ← trepidus
• tropic ← tropicus ← τροπικός ← τροπή ← τρέπω
• trepidation ← trepidātiō ← trepidō ← trepidus
• troubadour ← trobar ← *tropāre ← tropus ← τρόπος
• contrive ← contreve ← controver ← trover ← *tropāre
• turpitude ← turpitūdō ← turpis
• heliotrope ← hēliotropium ← ἡλῐοτρόπῐον ← ἥλῐος ← *hāwélios
• tropism ← tropus ← τρόπος ← τρέπω
• corticotropin ← τροπῐκός ← τροπή ← τρέπω

More words from *trep-

• inotropic
• trover
• thyrotropin
• esotropia
• entropion
• somatotropin
• exotropia
• anatreptic
• deturpate
• epitrope
• frover
• pantropy
• protreptic
• thyrotrophic
• thrave
• thyrotrope
• thyrotropic
• trepid
• trouvaille
• trouvère
• trouveur
• trophæal
• tropæum
• trepopnea
• tropaion
• tropery
• turpid
• turpitudinous

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *trep-