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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pother #188327 12/18/09 09:45 AM Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 3 Italy T Tony Attanasio OP stranger OP Tony Attanasio stranger T Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 3 Italy Colloquial Italian has a word, "paturnia", probably stemming from Latin "pati" (to suffer), which is used meaning just "commotion or fuss", or "mental turmoil". Could "pother" be a corruption of "paturnia", brought to the U.S. by Italian immigrants? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted pother Tony Attanasio 12/18/09 09:45 AM Re: pother Faldage 12/18/09 12:55 PM Re: pother kah454 12/18/09 08:32 PM Re: pother Jackie 12/19/09 04:28 AM Re: pother BranShea 12/19/09 07:47 PM Re: pother Tony Attanasio 12/22/09 09:32 PM Re: pother Jackie 12/23/09 01:43 AM Re: pother twosleepy 12/23/09 04:15 AM Re: pother Faldage 12/23/09 11:24 AM Re: pother zmjezhd 12/23/09 03:42 PM Re: pother kah454 12/23/09 07:39 PM Re: pother BranShea 12/23/09 09:15 PM Re: pother zmjezhd 12/23/09 10:35 PM Re: pother BranShea 12/23/09 07:46 PM Re: occam fugit zmjezhd 12/23/09 10:40 PM Re: pother zmjezhd 12/23/09 02:44 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,124 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,529 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 2 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,029 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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