Trophy Definition
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Origin of Trophy
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French trophée from Old French trophee from Latin trophaeum monument to victory variant of tropaeum from Greek tropaion from neuter of tropaios of defeat from tropē a turning, rout trep- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument"), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (tropaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat"), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaios, “of defeat"), from τροπή (trope, “a rout, a turning of an enemy")
From Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek τροφή (trophÄ“, “food, nourishment"), from τρέφω (trephō, “I congeal, thicken").
From Wiktionary
Greek -trophiā from trophē from trephein to nourish
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Gr -trophia < trephein, to nourish: see trophic
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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