Where does “perturber” come from?

perturber (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.

perturber (English): One who or that which perturbs; A source of...

Definitions

  1. One who or that which perturbs; A source of...

Ancestry of “perturber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishperturbTo disturb; to bother or unsettle; To slightly...
2Frenchperturberto disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster
3Italianperturbareto upset, disturb, perturb
4Russianпертурбация
5Spanishperturbarto perturb, to disturb, to bother
6Latinperturbōto confuse
7Latinturbotornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,...
8Latinturbastir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,...
9Ancient Greekτύρβηdisorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry
10Proto-Indo-EuropeantwerH-to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir
Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerH-Every word from Ancient Greek τύρβηEvery word from Latin turba
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