Where does “perturbagen” come from?
perturbagen (English) comes from English Gen, from English again, from Middle English agayn, from Old English onġēan, from Old English on-, from Old English and-, from Proto-West Germanic anda-, from Proto-Germanic anda- — on, onto.
perturbagen (English): A substance designed to disrupt intracellular...
Definitions
- A substance designed to disrupt intracellular...
Ancestry of “perturbagen”, step by step
perturbagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Gen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gen | A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression... |
| 2 | English | again | Another time; once more; Over and above a factor... |
| 3 | Middle English | agayn | again |
| 4 | Old English | onġēan | opposite |
| 5 | Old English | on- | forming verbs and adjectives from participles and... |
| 6 | Old English | and- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
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 |