Where does “perturbability” come from?
perturbability (English) comes from English perturb, from French perturber, from Italian perturbare, from Russian пертурбация, from Spanish perturbar, from Latin perturbō, from Latin turbo, from Latin turba — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
perturbability (English): The quality or state of being perturbable
Definitions
- The quality or state of being perturbable
Ancestry of “perturbability”, step by step
perturbability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perturb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perturb | To disturb; to bother or unsettle; To slightly... |
| 2 | French | perturber | to disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster |
| 3 | Italian | perturbare | to upset, disturb, perturb |
| 4 | Russian | пертурбация | — |
| 5 | Spanish | perturbar | to perturb, to disturb, to bother |
| 6 | Latin | perturbō | to confuse |
| 7 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 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 English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |