Where does “perturbative” come from?
perturbative (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.
perturbative (English): Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation
Ancestry of “perturbative”, step by step
| 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 |