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1. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
2. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
3. Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
4. Latintropus
5. English today-trope

From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). See trope.

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