-trophy
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Nutrition; growth:
表示“营养；增长”：
hypertrophy.
肥大
语源
- Greek -trophia
希腊语 -trophia - from trophē
源自 trophē - from trephein [to nourish]
源自 trephein [给予营养]
-trophy
combining form in countable noun
indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth
⇒
dystrophy
Derived Forms
-trophic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek -trophia, from trophē nourishment-trophy
Word Origin
1
a combining form used in the formation of nouns with the general senses “nourishment, feeding” (mycotrophy), “growth” (hypertrophy); also forming abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic.
Origin
< Greek -trophia nutrition, equivalent to troph(ḗ) food + -ia -y3
Related Words
- -trophic
- abiotrophy
- dystrophy
- hypertrophy
- mycotrophy
- neurotrophy
-trophya word element denoting nourishment, as in hypertrophy.
[Greek -trophia nutrition]-trophy
noun combining form
dystrophy
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -trophia, from Greek, from -trophos nourishing, from trephein
: nutrition : nurture : growthdystrophy
-trophy
word-forming element meaning "food, nourishment," from Greek -trophia, from trophe "food, nourishment," related to trephein "make thrive, nourish, rear; to make solid, congeal, thicken."
ORIGIN: formed as trophic adjective -y 3
-tro·phy
\.trəfē, -fi\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: New Latin -trophia, from Greek, from troph- + -ia -y
: nutrition : nourishment : nurture : growth
< eutrophy >
< nosotrophy >
< pedotrophy >
< eutrophy >
< nosotrophy >
< pedotrophy >
-trophy
Suffix
- nutrition
- growth, development
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “food, nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “I congeal, thicken”).
Usage notes
Easily confused with -tropy (“turning; affecting”); see -trophic: Usage notes.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -trophy