Where does “perturbare” come from?
perturbare (Romanian) comes from Romanian perturba, from French perturber, from Italian perturbare, from Russian пертурбация, from Spanish perturbar, from Latin perturbō, from Latin turbo, from Latin turba — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
perturbare (Romanian): disturbance
Definitions
- disturbance
Ancestry of “perturbare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | perturba | to perturb, disturb |
| 2 | French | perturber | to disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster |
| 3 | Italian | perturbare | to upset, disturb, perturb |
| 4 | Russian | пертурбация | — |
| 5 | Spanish | perturbar | to perturb, to disturb, to bother |
| 6 | Latin | perturbō | to confuse |
| 7 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 8 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |