Etymology

turbiditic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or arising from turbidite, a sedimentary deposit formed by a turbidity current Full definition →

English turbidite ← Middle English turbide ← Latin turbidus
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The story

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

From turbidite + -ic.

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