tremor
English
/ˈtɹɛmɚ/, /ˈtɹɪmɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A shake, quiver, or vibration.
- An earthquake.
Etymology
Borrowed from tremour derived from Old French tremor derived from Latin tremor root from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (tremble).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*trem-
Gloss
tremble
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitremor English
- microtremor English
- tremorgenic English
- tremorgram English
- tremorgraph English
- tremorgraphy English
- tremorine English
- tremorless English
- tremorlike English
- tremorogenic English
- tremorous English
- tremorously English
- tremere Latin
- tremo Latin
- tremor Latin
- tremulo Latin
- tremulus Latin
- tremēscō Latin
- tremō Latin
- tremō, tremere Latin
- tremolo Italian
- τρέμω Ancient Greek
- τρόμος Ancient Greek
- *krey- Proto-Indo-European
- *ter- Proto-Indo-European
- *trem- Proto-Indo-European
- *tres- Proto-Indo-European
- *tärm- Proto-Indo-European
- tremor Middle English
- tremor Old French
- tremour Old French
- tremo Esperanto
- tremor Old Portuguese
- tremor Old Spanish
- tremour xno
- *treme- Proto-Tocharian