Where does “tourbe” come from?

tourbe (French) comes from Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Proto-West Germanic turb, from Proto-Germanic turbz, from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- — tuft, grass.

tourbe (French): peat

Definitions

  1. peat

Ancestry of “tourbe”, step by step

tourbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French tourbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtourbe—
2Old Frenchtourbe—
3Proto-West Germanicturbturf, peat
4Proto-Germanicturbzturf, peat
5Proto-Indo-Europeandorbh-tuft, grass

via Frankish turba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishturba—
2Proto-Germanicturba-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥bʰos—

Words derived from “tourbe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic turbz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic turb →