Reconstruction:Latin/tropare

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

• IPA^(key): /troˈbaːr/

Verb

*tropāre (Proto-Gallo-Romance ?)

1. find
2. compose (verses)

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic: (?)
  • → Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: truvà
    • Istriot: truvà
    • Italian: trovare
    • Sicilian: truvari
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: trobar [ca. 1274–6]
    • Catalan: trobar
  • Aragonese: trobar
  • Old French: trover [11th c.] (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: trobar [11th c.] (see there for further descendants)

References

• Language, culture, and society: key topics in linguistic anthropology, Christine Jourdan, Kevin Tuite, Cambridge University Press, 2006, →ISBN page 239
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*tropare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 13: To–Tyrus, page 319