of persons, minds, etc., early 14c.; past-participle adjective from trouble (v.). In reference to waters, etc., late 14c.
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trouble v.
c. 1200, from Old French trubler, metathesis of turbler, torbler "to trouble, disturb; make cloudy, stir up, mix" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *turbulare, from Late Latin turbidare "to trouble, make turbid," from Latin turbidus (see turbid). Related: Troubled; troubling.