turbary

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*derbʰ-“grass; tuft”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*turbz“peat; turf”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*turb“peat; turf”
4. Latin · derived from-āria
5. Medieval Latin · derived fromturbāria
6. Old French · derived fromtorberie
7. Anglo-Norman · derived fromturbarie
8. Middle English · inherited fromturbarie“place where peat is dug, peat bog; substance obtained from such a place, peat”
9. English todayturbary

Inherited from Middle English turbarie (“place where peat is dug, peat bog; substance obtained from such a place, peat”), from Anglo-Norman turbarie, turberie, and Old French torberie, tourbarie, turbarie, from Medieval Latin turbāria, from turba (“turf”) (whence Old French tourbe) + Latin -āria (suffix forming abstract nouns). Turba is derived from Proto-West Germanic *turb (“peat; turf”); from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“peat; turf”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“grass; tuft”). Doublet of turf.

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