Where does “perturbate” come from?
perturbate (Italian) comes from Italian perturbare, from Russian пертурбация, from Spanish perturbar, from Latin perturbō, from Latin turbo, from Latin turba, from Ancient Greek τύρβη, from Proto-Indo-European twerH- — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
perturbate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “perturbate”, step by step
perturbate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian perturbare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | perturbare | to upset, disturb, perturb |
| 2 | Russian | пертурбация | — |
| 3 | Spanish | perturbar | to perturb, to disturb, to bother |
| 4 | Latin | perturbō | to confuse |
| 5 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 6 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |
via Italian perturbato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | perturbato | past participle of perturbare; past participle of... |