Reconstruction:Latin/tropo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Most likely a verb based on tropus.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Gallo-Romance) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔb/

Verb

*tropō (present infinitive *tropāre, perfect active *tropāvī, supine *tropātum); first conjugation

I find

Descendants

Gallo-Italic:
- → Italo-Romance:
  - Corsican: truvà
  - Istriot: truvà
  - Italian: trovare
  - Sicilian: truvari
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: trover, truver
  - Bourguignon: trovai
  - Middle French: trouver
    - French: trouver
  - Norman: trouver
  - Picard: truvoèr
  - Walloon: trover
  - → English: trover
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: trobar
- Catalan: trobar
- Old Occitan: trobar
  - Occitan: trobar
  - → Old Portuguese: trobar
    - Galician: trobar
    - Portuguese: trovar
  - → Old Spanish: trobar
    - Spanish: trovar

References

Language, culture, and society: key topics in linguistic anthropology, Christine Jourdan, Kevin Tuite, Cambridge University Press, 2006, →ISBN page 239

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