Where does “tribulation” come from?
tribulation (Middle English) comes from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin tribulatio, from Latin tribulāre, from Latin trībulum, from Latin -bulum, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Ancestry of “tribulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | tribulacion | problem; trouble; obstacle |
| 2 | Late Latin | tribulatio | distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction;... |
| 3 | Latin | tribulāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | trībulum | threshing board, threshing sledge |
| 5 | Latin | -bulum | |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |