Where does “trema” come from?
trema (Polish) comes from Italian tremare, from Vulgar Latin tremare, from Classical Latin tremere, from Proto-Indo-European trem-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.
trema (Polish): stage fright
Definitions
- stage fright
Ancestry of “trema”, step by step
trema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian tremare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tremare | to tremble, shake, shiver, shudder |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | tremare | second-person singular present passive... |
| 3 | Classical Latin | tremere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | trem- | to tremble |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |