Where does “masturbateur” come from?

masturbateur (French) comes from French masturber, from Latin masturbor, from Latin turbare, from Latin turbo, from Latin turba, from Ancient Greek τύρβη, from Proto-Indo-European twerH- — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.

masturbateur (French): masturbator

Definitions

  1. masturbator

Ancestry of “masturbateur”, step by step

masturbateur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French masturber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmasturberto masturbate
2LatinmasturborI masturbate
3Latinturbarepresent active infinitive of turbō; second-person...
4Latinturbotornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,...
5Latinturbastir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,...
6Ancient Greekτύρβηdisorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry
7Proto-Indo-EuropeantwerH-to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir

via Latin masturbator

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmasturbatorsecond-person singular future active imperative...

Words derived from “masturbateur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerH-Every word from Ancient Greek τύρβηEvery word from Latin turba
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