troveor

Old French

Alternative forms

  • troveeur, trovëor

Etymology

trover +‎ -eor, or possibly corresponding to a Gallo-Vulgar Latin *tropatōre(m), accusative of *tropātor, from the verb *tropō, tropāre, from Latin tropus. Cognate to Old Occitan trobador.

Noun

troveor oblique singular, m (oblique plural troveors, nominative singular trovere, nominative plural troveor)

  1. lyric poet
  2. author; writer
  3. finder (one who finds)

Descendants

  • Middle French: trouvëour (from objective/accusative case), trouvere (from nominative/subjective case)
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