trophy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρόπαιον“monument of an enemy's defeat”
2. Latin · derived fromtrophaeum“a sign of victory, a monument”
3. Middle French · derived fromtrophée
4. English todaytrophy

From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”). Doublet of tropæum.

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