Where does “perturba” come from?
perturba (Romanian) comes from French perturber, from Italian perturbare, from Russian пертурбация, from Spanish perturbar, from Latin perturbō, from Latin turbo, from Latin turba, from Ancient Greek τύρβη — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
perturba (Romanian): to perturb, disturb
Definitions
- to perturb, disturb
Ancestry of “perturba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | perturber | to disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster |
| 2 | Italian | perturbare | to upset, disturb, perturb |
| 3 | Russian | пертурбация | — |
| 4 | Spanish | perturbar | to perturb, to disturb, to bother |
| 5 | Latin | perturbō | to confuse |
| 6 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 7 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |