Where does “turba” come from?
turba (Romanian) comes from French tourbe, from Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Proto-West Germanic turb, from Proto-Germanic turbz, from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- — tuft, grass.
turba (Romanian): to rage, go mad
Definitions
- to rage, go mad
Ancestry of “turba”, step by step
turba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French tourbe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tourbe | peat |
| 2 | Middle French | tourbe | — |
| 3 | Old French | tourbe | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | turb | turf, peat |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | turbz | turf, peat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dorbh- | tuft, grass |
via Latin turbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 2 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |