troveor

Old French

Alternative forms

• troveeur, trovëor

Etymology

trover +‎ -eor, or possibly corresponding to a Gallo-Vulgar Latin *tropatōre(m), accusative of *tropātor, from the verb *tropō, tropāre, from Latin tropus. Cognate to Old Occitan trobador.

Noun

troveor oblique singular, m (oblique plural troveors, nominative singular trovere, nominative plural troveor)

1. lyric poet
2. author; writer
3. finder (one who finds)

Descendants

• Middle French: trouvëour (from objective/accusative case), trouvere (from nominative/subjective case)
  • French: trouveur (from objective/accusative case), trouvère (from nominative/subjective case)
    • Dutch: trouvère (borrowing)
    • English: trouvère (borrowing)