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Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European*trep-(“to turn”) (with the word interpreted as "turning away" > "repelling" > "disgusting"), and compared with Ancient Greekτρέπω(trépō, “to turn, divert”), Sanskritत्रपते(trapate, “to be ashamed”). De Vaan is skeptical of the semantics of this derivation, and prefers, albeit with trepidation, to compare the word with torpeō(“to be stiff”).
Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “túrpe”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 635