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Where does “トラブルシューター” come from?

トラブルシューター (Japanese) comes from English troubleshooter, from English trouble, from Middle English trouble, from Old French troble, from Old French trobler, from Old French torbler, from Vulgar Latin turbulo, from Latin turbula — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.

トラブルシューター (Japanese): troubleshooter

Definitions

  1. troubleshooter

Ancestry of “トラブルシューター”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtroubleshooterA person skilled at locating the causes of...
2EnglishtroubleA distressing or dangerous situation; A...
3Middle Englishtrouble—
4Old Frenchtrobleturbulent; cloudy; clouded; strife; commotion
5Old Frenchtroblerto trouble; to disrupt; to waylay
6Old FrenchtorblerAlternative form of trobler
7Vulgar LatinturbuloI disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,...
8Latinturbuladisorderly group, a little crowd or people;...
9Latinturbastir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,...
10Ancient Greekτύρβηdisorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry
11Proto-Indo-EuropeantwerH-to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir
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