Etymology of the English word troupe
the English word
troupederived 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 troupe in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
trouperCognates
Dutch
troep, English
troop, French
troupe, German
Trupp, Italian
truppa, Lithuanian
trupe, Norwegian
trupp, Spanish
tropa, Swedish
truppUsage
Word found in Modern English
