Etymograph

English

troper

From trope + -er.

Formed from trope + -er

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 One who tropes.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “troper”. 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.

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