Where does “tremblingly” come from?
tremblingly (English) comes from English trembling, from English tremble, from Old French trambler, from Vulgar Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus, from Latin tremō, from Proto-Italic tremō, from Proto-Indo-European trem- — boundary, end.
tremblingly (English): In a trembling manner
Ancestry of “tremblingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | trembling | a tremble; present participle of tremble |
| 2 | English | tremble | To shake, quiver, or vibrate; To fear; to be... |
| 3 | Old French | trambler | to tremble |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tremulare | present active infinitive of tremulō |
| 5 | Latin | tremulus | shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous |
| 6 | Latin | tremō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tremō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | trem- | to tremble |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |