Where does “trobla” come from?
trobla (Cornish) comes from Cornish trobel, 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 — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
trobla (Cornish): to trouble
Definitions
- to trouble
Ancestry of “trobla”, step by step
trobla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish trobel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | trobel | trouble |
| 2 | Middle English | trouble | Murky, muddy, turbid, opaque |
| 3 | Old French | troble | turbulent; cloudy; clouded; strife; commotion |
| 4 | Old French | trobler | to trouble; to disrupt; to waylay |
| 5 | Old French | torbler | Alternative form of trobler |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | turbulo | I disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,... |
| 7 | Latin | turbula | disorderly group, a little crowd or people;... |
| 8 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |
via Cornish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | a | Marks the following verb to the preceding... |