-tropism
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See also: tropism
- Not to be confused with -trophism.
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tropus (English trope) + -ism, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). Early use in botany as geotropism and heliotropism.
Suffix[edit]
-tropism