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Where does “fremito” come from?

fremito (Italian) comes from Latin fremitus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

fremito (Italian): shudder, shiver, frisson; tremble

Definitions

  1. shudder, shiver, frisson; tremble

Ancestry of “fremito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfremitusan angry murmur, humming; a dull roaring sound,...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →