Etymology

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Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrépʰō
  2. Ancient Greekτρέφω (tréphō)
  3. Ancient Greekτροφή (trophḗ)
  4. English today-trophy

From Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “food, nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I congeal, thicken”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτροφή all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.