English Explanatory Dictionary

-tropic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Turning or changing.
  2. Affecting or attracted to the thing specified.

Word forms

-tropic

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) 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.

Related words

trope -trope tropic -tropism tropism tropo- -tropy
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