Etymology of the English word paratrooper
the English word
paratrooperderived from the English word
para-derived 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)
Derivations in English
skytrooper,
paratroopUsage
Word found in Modern English
