Etymology of the English word trouvere
the English word
trouverederived from the French word
trouverederived from the Old French word
troveorderived from the Old French word
troverderived 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 trouvere in English dates from the 19th century.
