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Where does “tremiscere” come from?

tremiscere (Latin) comes from Latin tremō, from Proto-Italic tremō, 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.

tremiscere (Latin): to start shaking

Definitions

  1. to start shaking

Ancestry of “tremiscere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintremō—
2Proto-Italictremō—
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 “tremiscere”

  • estremecedor
  • estremecer
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