verb
tropāre
*tropāre
Meaning
- Proto Gallo Romancereconstructionfind
- Proto Gallo Romancereconstructioncompose (verses)
Origins
Most likely a verb based on tropus (“figurative use of a word”). Adopted the meaning “to find” from inveniō (a verb it ultimately replaced), which meant both “to compose” and “to find”.
Italo-Romance
- Italiantrovare
- Corsicantruvà
- Istriottruvà
- Siciliantruvari
Gallo-Romance
- Catalantrobarfrom Old Catalan trobar
- Aragonesetrobar
- Old Frenchtrover
- Old Occitantrobar