Etymology

-trophic

Today it means: Used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -trophy Full definition →

Ancient Greek τροφῐκός (trophĭkós) ← Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrépʰō
  2. Ancient Greekτρέφω (tréphō)
  3. Ancient Greekτροφή (trophḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekτροφῐκός (trophĭkós)
  5. English today-trophic

From Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “pertaining to food or nourishment”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “food”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτροφικός all →

trophictritrophic

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