Where does “tremulous” come from?
Tremulous comes from Latin tremulus, derived from Latin tremere, from Latin tremo, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, meaning to tremble or shake.
tremulous (English): Trembling, quivering, or shaking; Timid,...
Definitions
- Trembling, quivering, or shaking; Timid,...
Ancestry of “tremulous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tremulus | shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous |
| 2 | Latin | tremō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tremō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | trem- | to tremble |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
Words derived from “tremulous”