Where does “trobel” come from?
trobel (Cornish) comes from Middle English trouble, from Old French troble, from Old French trobler, from Old French torbler, from Vulgar Latin turbulo, from Latin turbula, from Latin turba, from Ancient Greek τύρβη — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
trobel (Cornish): trouble
Definitions
- trouble
Ancestry of “trobel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | trouble | Murky, muddy, turbid, opaque |
| 2 | Old French | troble | turbulent; cloudy; clouded; strife; commotion |
| 3 | Old French | trobler | to trouble; to disrupt; to waylay |
| 4 | Old French | torbler | Alternative form of trobler |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | turbulo | I disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,... |
| 6 | Latin | turbula | disorderly group, a little crowd or people;... |
| 7 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |