Etymology of the English word mosstrooper
the English word
mosstrooperderived from the English word
mossderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*musanderived from the English word
trooperderived from the English word
troopderived from the French word
troupederived from the Old French word
tropederived from the Late Latin word
tropus (trope, figure of speech, figurative use of word)
derived from the Greek word
tropos, τρόπος (a turn; mode or style (especially with preposition or relative prefix as adverb, like); figuratively, deportment or character)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*trep-derived from the Frankish word
thropusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
Date
The earliest known usage of mosstrooper in English dates from the 17th century.
