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Where does “perturbo” come from?

perturbo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto perturbi, from Ido perturbar, from English perturb, from French perturber, from Italian perturbare, from Russian пертурбация, from Spanish perturbar, from Latin perturbō — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.

perturbo (Esperanto): disorder, disquiet, disturbance, interference,...

Definitions

  1. disorder, disquiet, disturbance, interference,...

Ancestry of “perturbo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoperturbito disturb, perturb, disrupt
2Idoperturbarto perturb, trouble, unsettle, throw into...
3EnglishperturbTo disturb; to bother or unsettle; To slightly...
4Frenchperturberto disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster
5Italianperturbareto upset, disturb, perturb
6Russianпертурбация—
7Spanishperturbarto perturb, to disturb, to bother
8Latinperturbō—
9Latinturbotornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,...
10Latinturbastir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,...
11Ancient Greekτύρβηdisorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantwerH-to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir
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