disturbio

/disˈtuɾbjo/ · B2 · noun · m

perturbation

💥 dis- (apart) + turbio (cloudy, muddy) = stirred up, thrown out of calm

Turbio means cloudy or murky, like water stirred up. Add dis- (apart) and calm gets broken apart. Same root as English turbid and turbulence, so a disturbio is a disturbance.

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