Where does “tremulo” come from?
tremulo (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin tremulus, 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 — boundary, end.
tremulo (Vulgar Latin): I tremble, shake
Definitions
- I tremble, shake
Ancestry of “tremulo”, step by step
tremulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin tremulus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tremulus | shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous |
| 2 | Latin | tremō | to tremble, shake, shudder at |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tremō | — |
| 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 |
via Latin tremo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tremo | I tremble, shake, shudder at |