Where does “turbulent” come from?
Turbulent comes from Middle French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus, an adjective formed from turba meaning crowd or disturbance, with the suffix -entus.
turbulent (English): violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous,...
Definitions
- violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous,...
Ancestry of “turbulent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | turbulent | — |
| 2 | Middle French | turbulent | — |
| 3 | Old French | turbulent | — |
| 4 | Latin | turbulentus | stormy, turbulent; unruly, riotous |
| 5 | Latin | -ulentus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 6 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 7 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 8 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |