Where does “imperturbability” come from?
imperturbability (English) comes from English perturbability, from English perturb, from French perturber, from Italian perturbare, from Russian пертурбация, from Spanish perturbar, from Latin perturbō, from Latin turbo — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
imperturbability (English): A state of calm, unruffled self-assurance;...
Definitions
- A state of calm, unruffled self-assurance;...
Ancestry of “imperturbability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perturbability | The quality or state of being perturbable |
| 2 | English | perturb | To disturb; to bother or unsettle; To slightly... |
| 3 | French | perturber | to disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster |
| 4 | Italian | perturbare | to upset, disturb, perturb |
| 5 | Russian | пертурбация | — |
| 6 | Spanish | perturbar | to perturb, to disturb, to bother |
| 7 | Latin | perturbō | to confuse |
| 8 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 9 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |