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disturb

/dɪsˈtɜːb/dih-STURB
/dɪsˈtɝb/dih-STURB

Meaningto stir up

Common meaning: to interrupt or unsettle

‘apart, away’ + ‘a crowd, uproar’ → disturb

Journey through time

  1. Latinturba; turbō‘a crowd, uproar’
  2. Englishdisturb‘to interrupt or unsettle’ · today

dis- also in: disarmdiscerndiscorddisdaindisgust

turb also in: turbidturbulentperturbtrouble

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin turba; turbō ‘a crowd, uproar; to stir up’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry turba, p. 1916 · dictionary scan

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Related words

perturbtroubleturbidturbulent

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