myEtymology.com: English etymology of retrieval

Etymology of the English word retrieval

the English word retrieval

derived from the English word retrieve

derived from the Old French word retrover

using the Old French prefix re-

derived from the Old French word trouver

derived from the Old French word trover

derived from the Latin root *tropare

derived 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-

using the English suffix -al

Derivations in other languages

French retrouver