trophy
noun
[ ˈtrəʊfi ]
• a cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success.
• (in ancient Greece or Rome) the weapons of a defeated army set up as a memorial of victory.
Origin:
late 15th century (in trophy (sense 2)): from French trophée, via Latin from Greek tropaion, from tropē ‘a rout’, from trepein ‘to turn’.
-trophy
combining form
• in nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic (such as phototrophy corresponding to phototrophic ).
