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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

  1. disturbance

Ancestry of “perturbare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianperturbato perturb, disturb
2Frenchperturberto disrupt, to disturb; to throw off, to fluster
3Italianperturbareto upset, disturb, perturb
4Russianпертурбация—
5Spanishperturbarto perturb, to disturb, to bother
6Latinperturbō—
7Latinturbotornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,...
8Latinturbastir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,...
9Ancient Greekτύρβηdisorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry
10Proto-Indo-EuropeantwerH-to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir
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