-strophy

English

suffix

Definitions

Used to form nouns indicating a turn or twist of the indicated kind

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στροφή (bend, twist, a turn, turning, turn).

Origin

Ancient Greek

στροφή

Gloss

bend, twist, a turn, turning, turn

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

strophiole English
stroofi Finnish
stropha Latin
στρέφω Ancient Greek
στροφή Ancient Greek
στροφικός Ancient Greek
στροφή Greek (modern)

strophiole