tropic
English
noun
Definitions
- Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.
Etymology
Derived from Latin tropicus derived from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropical, or the solstice, tropic, etc, or a trope figure, a turn change, of the solstice, of a trope, a turn, of a turn).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τροπικός
Gloss
tropical, or the solstice, tropic, etc, or a trope figure, a turn change, of the solstice, of a trope, a turn, of a turn
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -tropic English
- Afrotropic English
- Afrotropical English
- amphitropical English
- antitropical English
- bird English
- boreotropic English
- boreotropical English
- circumtropical English
- extratropic English
- extratropical English
- heterotropic English
- intertropical English
- intratropical English
- isotropical English
- laeotropic English
- laeotropically English
- neotropic English
- neotropical English
- non-tropical English
- nosotropic English
- palaeotropical English
- paleotropical English
- pantropical English
- paratropical English
- protropin English
- semitropical English
- subtropic English
- subtropical English
- supertropical English
- tropical English
- tropicality English
- tropicalization English
- tropicalize English
- tropically English
- tropicalness English
- tropicbird English
- tropin English
- tropinone English
- troppo English
- ultratropical English
- tropicalis Latin
- tropicus Latin
- tropisch German
- tropique French
- тро́пик Russian
- trópico Spanish, Castilian
- τροπή Ancient Greek
- τροπαί Ancient Greek
- τροπικός Ancient Greek
- trópaic Irish
- tropický Czech
- tropy Czech
- tropiko Esperanto
- fo-hropickagh Manx
- bird
- troppo
- tropin
- -tropic
- tropical
- neotropic
- protropin
- tropinone
- subtropic
- nosotropic
- tropically
- laeotropic
- Afrotropic
- tropicbird
- extratropic
- pantropical
- isotropical
- neotropical
- tropicality
- subtropical
- tropicalize
- boreotropic
- Afrotropical
- antitropical
- non-tropical
- heterotropic
- tropicalness
- semitropical
- paratropical
- extratropical
- intertropical
- paleotropical
- boreotropical
- intratropical
- ultratropical
- amphitropical
- supertropical
- palaeotropical
- laeotropically
- circumtropical
- tropicalization