Etymology

turbid

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Today it means: Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid) Full definition →

Middle English turbide ← Latin turbidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekτύρβη (túrbē)bor.?
  2. Latinturba
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Latinturbidus
  5. Middle Englishturbide
  6. English todayturbid

From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).

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