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So it was one of the tasks of the translators to establish their Greek by tracing it through all the translations that were based on their Greek text. The texts that went through Alexandria and then made their way through Rome, were corrupt. Thankfully, those texts were the minority. The majority of text types reflect the readings of the TR, with variations being few and far between.
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Actually, the Latin texts were in much abundance, not minority, and they do not match very well with the Minority Greek Text. For example, the Latin has much testimony supporting various Majority readings, as well as 1 John 5:7 (which is apparently in minority even in the Majority, though rightly judged it is actually in, not out).
While the Traditional Majority Greek Text is reflected in the TR, the TR is greater because it takes into account the Latin (called the Western Family) and also takes into account the testimony from the Minority Text Family, which it knows (or rather, which its editors knew) was a corrupted. The great deception of Westcott and Hort was to favour one particular manuscript (B) of the Minority Text against all other witnesses (though probably except when Aleph was worse). This equals most modern versions.
Another deception is to follow the majority of the Majority Family only, but to have a bias toward the Minority as well, which equals the NKJV.