English Explanatory Dictionary

-trophy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. nutrition
  2. growth, development

Pronunciation

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Word forms

-trophy

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ 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”).

Related words

-trophic

Derived words

alogotrophy amyelotrophy brephotrophy chemoheterotrophy chemolithoautotrophy chemoorganotrophy chondrodystrophy cytotrophy epistrophy hemiatrophy hemihypertrophy kakotrophy methylotrophy minerotrophy myzotrophy ophthalmatrophy orphanotrophy paedotrophy pantatrophy paratrophy phagotrophy photoautotrophy photolithotrophy photoorganotrophy prototrophy zootrophy
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