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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | turbinato | turbinate, turbinate bone, nasal concha; past... |
| 2 | Italian | turbinare | To gust, whirl or eddy |
| 3 | Italian | turbine | plural of turbina |
| 4 | French | turbine | turbine; inflection of turbiner:
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| 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 |