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Where does “tremorous” come from?

tremorous (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.

tremorous (English): In a tremoring manner

Definitions

  1. In a tremoring manner

Ancestry of “tremorous”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tremorous”

  • tremorously
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