-trophy en · X
Pronunciation
- /tɹə.fi/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ)der. English -trophy From Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “food, nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I congeal, thicken”).
Meanings
- (morpheme) nutrition
- (morpheme) growth, development
Deriveds
methylotrophy · chemoorganotrophy · epistrophy · hemiatrophy · chondrodystrophy · minerotrophy · orphanotrophy · prototrophy · paratrophy · photolithotrophy · amyelotrophy · alogotrophy · phagotrophy · zootrophy · chemolithoautotrophy · brephotrophy · hemihypertrophy · myzotrophy · paedotrophy · cytotrophy · pantatrophy · chemoheterotrophy · ophthalmatrophy · photoorganotrophy · kakotrophy · photoautotrophy
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Translations (3)
pl -trofia (Translations) · it -trofia (Translations) · es -trofia (Translations)