(Treasure) trove is from Anglo-Norman tresor trove, the second half of the phrase is from trover 'to compose, invent, find' (it's also a legal term in English). It might be from Old Provencal trobar (which yields troubador) which in turn is usually connected with Vulgar Latin tropo (tropare) from Latin tropus 'song' from Greek τροπος (tropos) 'figure of speech, (lit.) turn' (from τρεπειν (trpein 'to turn', cf. apotropaic, heliotrope, entropy). Latin inventio from invenio (invenire) 'to find, (lit.) come upon'.

Last edited by zmjezhd; 08/22/07 10:48 AM.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.