Where does “tremordominant” come from?

tremordominant (English) comes from English tremor, from Middle English tremour, from Anglo-Norman tremour, from Old French tremor, from Latin tremor, from Latin tremō, from Proto-Italic tremō, from Proto-Indo-European trem- — boundary, end.

tremordominant (English): }} Having tremors as the dominant symptom

Definitions

  1. }} Having tremors as the dominant symptom

Ancestry of “tremordominant”, step by step

tremordominant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tremor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtremorA shake, quiver, or vibration; An earthquake; To...
2Middle Englishtremourterror
3Anglo-Normantremour
4Old Frenchtremorterror; great fear
5Latintremortrembling, quaking, tremor; first-person singular...
6Latintremōto tremble, shake, shudder at
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

via English dominant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdominantThe fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on
2Middle Frenchdominant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-
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