English
subtrope
From sub- + trope.
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *trep- ‘to turn’
Ancient Greek τρέπω ‘turn, divert, turn back, rout an enemy’
Ancient Greek τρόπος ‘a manner, style, turn, way’
Latin tropus ‘a figurative use of a word, a trope’
English trope
Today it means
noun A trope that is a subtype of some other trope.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subtrope”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / subtrope