Where does “tremolo” come from?
Tremolo comes from Italian tremolo, derived from Italian tremolare, from Vulgar Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ter- meaning to shake or tremble.
tremolo (English): A rapid repetition of the same note, or an...
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- A rapid repetition of the same note, or an...
Ancestry of “tremolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tremolo | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Italian | tremolare | to tremble, shake; to flicker; to twinkle |
| 3 | Latin | tremulāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | tremere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | trem- | to tremble |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 7 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 8 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |