Where does “unperturbability” come from?
unperturbability (English) comes from English perturbability, from English perturb, from French perturber, from Italian perturbare, from Russian пертурбация, from Spanish perturbar, from Latin perturbō, from Latin turbo — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
unperturbability (English): The quality of being unperturbable
Definitions
- The quality of being unperturbable
Ancestry of “unperturbability”, step by step
unperturbability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perturbability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perturbability | The quality or state of being perturbable |
| 2 | English | perturb | To disturb; to bother or unsettle; To slightly... |
| 3 | French | perturber | to disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster |
| 4 | Italian | perturbare | to upset, disturb, perturb |
| 5 | Russian | пертурбация | — |
| 6 | Spanish | perturbar | to perturb, to disturb, to bother |
| 7 | Latin | perturbō | to confuse |
| 8 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |