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
- disorder, disquiet, disturbance, interference,...
Ancestry of “perturbo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | perturbi | to disturb, perturb, disrupt |
| 2 | Ido | perturbar | to perturb, trouble, unsettle, throw into... |
| 3 | English | perturb | To disturb; to bother or unsettle; To slightly... |
| 4 | French | perturber | to disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster |
| 5 | Italian | perturbare | to upset, disturb, perturb |
| 6 | Russian | пертурбация | — |
| 7 | Spanish | perturbar | to perturb, to disturb, to bother |
| 8 | Latin | perturbō | to confuse |
| 9 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 10 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |