Where does “tremorless” come from?
tremorless (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.
tremorless (English): Without tremors
Ancestry of “tremorless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |