Etymology of the English word troop
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
thropDate
The earliest known usage of troop in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
trooper,
troopship,
trooped,
troopingCognates
Dutch
troep, English
troupe, French
troupe, German
Trupp, Italian
truppa, Lithuanian
trupe, Norwegian
trupp, Spanish
tropa, Swedish
truppUsage
Word found in Modern English
