Where does “turba” come from?

turba (Spanish) 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 (Spanish): peat; mob

Definitions

  1. peat; mob

Ancestry of “turba”, step by step

turba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French tourbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtourbepeat
2Middle Frenchtourbe—
3Old Frenchtourbe—
4Proto-West Germanicturbturf, peat
5Proto-Germanicturbzturf, peat
6Proto-Indo-Europeandorbh-tuft, grass

via Latin turba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinturbastir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,...
2Ancient Greekτύρβηdisorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantwerH-to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir

Words derived from “turba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic turbz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic turb →
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