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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

Definitions

  1. In a trembling manner

Ancestry of “tremblingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtremblinga tremble; present participle of tremble
2EnglishtrembleTo shake, quiver, or vibrate; To fear; to be...
3Old Frenchtramblerto tremble
4Vulgar Latintremularepresent active infinitive of tremulō
5Latintremulusshaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous
6Latintremō—
7Proto-Italictremō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantrem-to tremble
9Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
10Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
11Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
12Proto-Italictermenos—
13Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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