English
trouvaille
Trouvaille comes from French trouvaille ‘find’, and goes back to trouver.
- Frenchc. 1600–presenttrouver‘to find’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenttrouvaille‘find’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presenttrouver‘to find’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenttrouvaille‘find’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *trep- ‘to turn’
thrive, intrepid, trepidation, turpitude, 30 more
through Ancient Greek τρέπω ‘turn, divert, turn back, rout an enemy’
through Latin tropus ‘figurative use of a word’
through Vulgar Latin *tropāre ‘to compose a poem’
through Old French trover ‘to find’
Today it means
noun A lucky find, a windfall.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French trouver / trouvaille