-tropism
See also: tropism
English
Etymology
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
-tropism
- (sciences) movement, turning.
- (biology) growth towards.
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-tropism' title='Category:English words suffixed with -tropism'>English words suffixed with -tropism</a>
- amphotropism
- exotropism
- tropism
Related terms
- trope
- tropic, -tropic
- tropo-
Anagrams
- imports, primost, promist