Etymology

tropical

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English tropic
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The story

  1. Englishtropic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. English todaytropical

From tropic + -al.

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