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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

  1. An earthquake

Ancestry of “tremblor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtemblorAn earthquake
2Spanishtemblortremor; tremble, trembling, shaking, quivering;...
3Spanishtemblarto tremble, to quiver, to quake, to shudder, to...
4Old Spanishtemblar—
5Vulgar Latintremularepresent active infinitive of tremulō
6Latintremulusshaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous
7Latintremō—
8Proto-Italictremō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantrem-to tremble
10Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
11Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
12Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
13Proto-Italictermenos—
14Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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