Where does “trubs” come from?
trubs (English) comes from English troubles, from English trouble, from Middle English trouble, from Old French troble, from Old French trobler, from Old French torbler, from Vulgar Latin turbulo, from Latin turbula — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
trubs (English): plural of trub; API pl; Synonym of troubles
Definitions
- plural of trub; API pl; Synonym of troubles
Ancestry of “trubs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | troubles | plural of trouble; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | trouble | A distressing or dangerous situation; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | trouble | Murky, muddy, turbid, opaque |
| 4 | Old French | troble | turbulent; cloudy; clouded; strife; commotion |
| 5 | Old French | trobler | to trouble; to disrupt; to waylay |
| 6 | Old French | torbler | Alternative form of trobler |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | turbulo | I disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,... |
| 8 | Latin | turbula | disorderly group, a little crowd or people;... |
| 9 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |