Where does “tremblor” come from?
tremblor (English) comes from English temblor, from Spanish temblor, from Spanish temblar, from Old Spanish temblar, from Vulgar Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus, from Latin tremō, from Proto-Italic tremō — boundary, end.
tremblor (English): An earthquake
Definitions
- An earthquake
Ancestry of “tremblor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | temblor | An earthquake |
| 2 | Spanish | temblor | tremor; tremble, trembling, shaking, quivering;... |
| 3 | Spanish | temblar | to tremble, to quiver, to quake, to shudder, to... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | temblar | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tremulare | present active infinitive of tremulō |
| 6 | Latin | tremulus | shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous |
| 7 | Latin | tremō | to tremble, shake, shudder at |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tremō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | trem- | to tremble |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 11 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 12 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |