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Where does “turbinate” come from?

turbinate (Italian) comes from Italian turbinato, from Italian turbinare, from Italian turbine, from French turbine, from Latin turbo, from Latin turba, from Ancient Greek τύρβη, from Proto-Indo-European twerH- — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.

turbinate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

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Ancestry of “turbinate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianturbinatoturbinate, turbinate bone, nasal concha; past...
2ItalianturbinareTo gust, whirl or eddy
3Italianturbineplural of turbina
4Frenchturbineturbine; inflection of turbiner: ##...
5Latinturbotornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,...
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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