Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “tourbe” come from?

tourbe (Old French) comes from Proto-West Germanic turb, from Proto-Germanic turbz, from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- — tuft, grass.

Ancestry of “tourbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicturbturf, peat
2Proto-Germanicturbzturf, peat
3Proto-Indo-Europeandorbh-tuft, grass

Words derived from “tourbe”

  • turba
  • torba
  • torboso
  • torbicolo
  • tourber
  • tourbeux
  • tourbage
  • tourbière
  • tourbe
  • turba
  • tourbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- →