Latin

turba

‘disorder, disturbance, turmoil’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin turba.

9 English words in this record descend from Latin turba, most familiar first.

• trouble ← troublen ← troubler ← *turbulō ← turbula
• turbulent ← turbulentus
• turbid ← turbide ← turbidus
• perturb ← perturben ← perturber ← perturbāre ← perturbō
• conturbation ← conturbatio ← conturbō ← turbō
• conturb ← conturbo ← turbō
• turbary ← turbarie ← turbarie ← turbāria
• turbellarian ← Turbellaria ← turbellae
• turbulate ← turbulent ← turbulent ← turbulentus

Etymograph / Latin turba