Etymology of the English word troubadour
the English word
troubadourderived from the French word
troubadourderived from the Old Provençal word
trobadorderived from the Old Provençal word
trobarderived from the Latin root
*troparederived 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-Date
The earliest known usage of troubadour in English dates from the 18th century.
Cognates
Catalan
trobador, Dutch
troubadour, French
troubadour, French
trouver, German
Troubadour, German
treffen, Icelandic
trúbadúr, Italian
trovare, Italian
trovatore, Polish
trafać, Portuguese
trovar, Provençal
trobar, Spanish
trovar, Spanish
trovador, Swedish
trubadur, Yiddish
trefnUsage
Word found in Modern English
