The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromत्रिपुटा
- Persian · derived fromتربد
- Arabic · derived fromتُرْبِد
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromturpethum
- English todayturpeth
From Medieval Latin turpethum, from Arabic تُرْبِد (turbid), from Persian تربد (torbed), from Sanskrit त्रिपुटा (tripuṭā), त्रिपुट (tripuṭa), literally “triplicated”, names of several plants.
Words from the same roots
Arabicتُرْبِد all →
turbith
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.