Where does “nontroublesome” come from?
nontroublesome (English) comes from English troublesome, from English trouble, from Middle English trouble, from Old French troble, from Old French trobler, from Old French torbler, from Vulgar Latin turbulo, from Latin turbula — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
nontroublesome (English): Not troublesome
Definitions
- Not troublesome
Ancestry of “nontroublesome”, step by step
nontroublesome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English troublesome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | troublesome | Causing trouble or anxiety |
| 2 | English | trouble | A distressing or dangerous situation; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | trouble | Murky, muddy, turbid, opaque |
| 4 | Old French | troble | turbulent; cloudy; clouded; strife; commotion |
| 5 | Old French | trobler | to trouble; to disrupt; to waylay |
| 6 | Old French | torbler | Alternative form of trobler |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | turbulo | I disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,... |
| 8 | Latin | turbula | disorderly group, a little crowd or people;... |
| 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 |