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Where does “troubler” come from?

troubler (French) comes from Old French trobler, from Old French torbler, from Vulgar Latin turbulo, from Latin turbula, from Latin turba, from Ancient Greek τύρβη, from Proto-Indo-European twerH- — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.

troubler (French): to disturb, disrupt; to disturb, to trouble; to...

Definitions

  1. to disturb, disrupt; to disturb, to trouble; to...

Ancestry of “troubler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtroblerto trouble; to disrupt; to waylay
2Old FrenchtorblerAlternative form of trobler
3Vulgar LatinturbuloI disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,...
4Latinturbuladisorderly group, a little crowd or people;...
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

Words derived from “troubler”

  • trouble
  • troubles
  • Trubel
  • trublar
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