myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of tropa

Etymology of the Spanish word tropa

the Spanish word tropa

derived from the French word troupe

derived from the French word troupeau

derived from the Old French word trope

derived from the Latin root *troppu-

derived 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 throp

Derivations in Spanish

destropar, tropel, tropilla

Cognates

Dutch troep, English troop, English troupe, French troupe, German Trupp, Italian truppa, Lithuanian trupe, Norwegian trupp, Swedish trupp