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) lyric poet author; writer finder (one who finds) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: trouvëour (from objective/accusative case), trouvere (from nominative/subjective case) French: trouveur (from objective/accusative case), trouvère (from nominative/subjective case) Dutch: trouvère (borrowing) English: trouvère (borrowing)