myEtymology.com: French etymology of trophée

Etymology of the French word trophée

the French word trophée

derived from the Old French word trophee

derived from the Latin word trophaeum (trophy; monument)

derived from the Classical Latin word tropaeum (trophy; monument)

derived from the Greek word tropaion, τρόπαιον

derived from the Greek word tropaios

derived from the Greek word trope, τροπή (a turn ('trope'); revolution (figuratively, variation))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *trep-

English trophy, Romanian trofeu

Dutch trofee, English trophy, German Trophäe, Norwegian trofé, Swedish trofé