Where does “tremorgram” come from?
tremorgram (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.
tremorgram (English): The record produced by a tremorgraph
Definitions
- The record produced by a tremorgraph
Ancestry of “tremorgram”, step by step
tremorgram traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tremor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tremor | A shake, quiver, or vibration; An earthquake; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | tremour | terror |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | tremour | — |
| 4 | Old French | tremor | terror; great fear |
| 5 | Latin | tremor | trembling, quaking, tremor; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | tremō | to tremble, shake, shudder at |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tremō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | trem- | to tremble |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via English Gram
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gram | Clipping of Instagram |
| 2 | French | gramme | gram |
| 3 | Latin | gramma | gram |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |