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Where does “tremere” come from?

tremere (Latin) comes 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.

tremere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “tremere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantrem-to tremble
2Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
3Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
4Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
5Proto-Italictermenos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “tremere”

  • trembling
  • tremble
  • tremulous
  • tremulously
  • tremolo
  • trembler
  • tremulousness
  • trembly
  • trembleth
  • temblor
  • atremble
  • tremblest
  • untrembling
  • untremulous
  • tremblor
  • untremblingly
  • tremblesome
  • tremulus
  • tremulo
  • tremulare
  • tremedal
  • temblor
  • temblar
  • tremer
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