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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)

Reconstruction notes

Attested in French from ca. 950–1000 CE (Vie de saint Léger),[1] Occitan from the twelfth century,[2] and Catalan from ca. 1275 CE (Llibre de l'orde).[3]

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Gallo-Italic: (?)
    • → Italo-Romance:
      • Corsican: truvà
      • Istriot: truvà
      • Italian: trovare
      • Sicilian: truvari
  • Gallo-Romance:

References

  • Language, culture, and society: key topics in linguistic anthropology, Christine Jourdan, Kevin Tuite, Cambridge University Press, 2006, →ISBN page 239
  1. trouver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*tropare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 319
  3. “trobar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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