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Where does “tremolare” come from?

tremolare (Italian) comes from Latin tremulāre, from Latin tremere, from Proto-Indo-European trem-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.

tremolare (Italian): to tremble, shake; to flicker; to twinkle

Definitions

  1. to tremble, shake; to flicker; to twinkle

Ancestry of “tremolare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintremulāre—
2Latintremeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrem-to tremble
4Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
5Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
6Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
7Proto-Italictermenos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “tremolare”

  • tremolo
  • tremolo
  • tremolio
  • tremolo
  • トレモロ
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