Etymology

tremor

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Today it means: A shake, quiver, or vibration. Full definition →

Middle English tremour ← Anglo-Norman tremour ← Old French tremor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtremor
  2. Old French · derived fromtremor
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtremour
  4. Middle English · inherited fromtremour“fright”
  5. English todaytremor

From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.

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