Reconstruction:Latin/turbulus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Probably from alteration of turbidus, with influence from turbulentus, cf. also turbula, diminutive of turba (“disorderly crowd”); related to *turbulō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊrbʊlʊs/

Adjective

*turbulus (feminine *turbula, neuter *turbulum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)

1. muddy, turbid, murky, clouded, opaque
2. troubled, agitated

Related terms

• *turbulō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance: (?)
  • Aromanian: turburi, turbur
  • Romanian: tulbure
  • → Albanian: tarbulj
• Italo-Romance:
  • Calabrian: trúvolo, túrbulu
  • Sicilian: trùbbulu
• Padanian:
  • Lombard: tórbor
  • Piedmontese: tërbol
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: tèrbol
  • Franco-Provençal: trobllo
  • Occitan: trebol
  • Old French: troble
    • French: trouble
    • → Dutch: troebel
    • → English: trouble