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)

lyric poet
author; writer
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)

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