Where does “perturbable” come from?
perturbable (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.
perturbable (English): That can be perturbed
Definitions
- That can be perturbed
Ancestry of “perturbable”, step by step
perturbable 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 able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |