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Where does “trembleur” come from?

trembleur (French) comes from French trembler, from Middle French trembler, from Old French trembler, from Latin tremulāre, from Latin tremere, from Proto-Indo-European trem-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.

trembleur (French): shaker, one who trembles; someone who is often...

Definitions

  1. shaker, one who trembles; someone who is often...

Ancestry of “trembleur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtremblerto tremble, shake
2Middle Frenchtremblerto tremble; to quiver; to shake
3Old FrenchtremblerAlternative form of trambler
4Latintremulāre—
5Latintremeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Proto-Indo-Europeantrem-to tremble
7Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
8Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
9Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
10Proto-Italictermenos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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