Etymology

turmoil

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Today it means: A state of great disorder or uncertainty. Full definition →

Old French tremouille
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromtremouille“the hopper of a mill”
  2. English todayturmoil

Unknown. First appears c. 1526. Perhaps from Old French tremouille (“the hopper of a mill”).

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