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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós)bor. English -tropic Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). Compare trope and tropic.
Meanings
- (morpheme) Turning or changing.
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(morpheme) Affecting or attracted to the thing specified.
psycho- (“mind”) + -tropic (“altering”) → psychotropic (“mind-altering”)
Relateds
trope · -tropy · -trope · tropic · -tropism · tropism · tropo-
Translations (4)
ga -trópach (affecting or attracted to the thing specified) · ga -trópach (turning or changing) · pl -tropiczny (turning or changing) · pl -tropiczny (affecting or attracted to the thing specified)