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Where does “troubles” come from?

troubles (French) comes from French troubler, 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.

troubles (French): second-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “troubles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtroublerto disturb, disrupt; to disturb, to trouble; to...
2Old Frenchtroblerto trouble; to disrupt; to waylay
3Old FrenchtorblerAlternative form of trobler
4Vulgar LatinturbuloI disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,...
5Latinturbuladisorderly group, a little crowd or people;...
6Latinturbastir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,...
7Ancient Greekτύρβηdisorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry
8Proto-Indo-EuropeantwerH-to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir
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