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Anybody: Please the etymology of the word TURMOIL.?
Thank you for answering. Just curious.
Boy this really seems a difficult one.
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Not certain.
Maybe:
1526, perhaps an alteration of Medieval french tremouille "mill hopper," in reference to the hopper's constant motion to and fro, from L. trimodia "vessel containing three modii," from modius, a Roman dry measure, related to modus "measure." Attested earlier in Eng. as a verb (c.1511), though this now is obsolete.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Looked it up....
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=turmoil
It is the online Etymology dictionary.
I hope that it helps!