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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Carmen Saliare|origins=ine-pro *trem-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtrɛ.moː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtrɛː.mo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''tremō''' (present infinitive tremere, perfect active tremuī); third conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*trem-e/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*tr(e)m-|t=to tremble]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[grc|τρέμω|tr=trémō|t=to tremble]] and [[lt|trìmti|t=to tremble]], and perhaps with [[xum|tremitu]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) The Carmen Saliare already has the old form ''tremonti''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Plautus has a woman whose limbs are trembling.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to tremble or quake with fear, cold or excitement, and with an object to tremble at or fear something, as in Lucilius' fear of witches.^(OLD 2012) Of things it meant to quiver, vibrate or shake.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Its derivatives include [[tremor]], [[tremulus]] and the gerundive ''tremendus'' “to be feared”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) [[en|tremor]] comes from ''tremor'' through Old French, and [[en|tremble]] from Medieval Latin ''tremulāre''.^(Etymonline) It survives in [[it|tremare]] and [[es|tremer]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * Archaic – the Carmen Saliare has ''tremonti''.^(de Vaan 2008)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has trembling limbs.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence has “I tremble all over”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''tremble'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|tremble]], quake, shiver (with fear or cold).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To tremble at, fear.^(OLD 2012)
+ # (of things) To quiver, vibrate, shake.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[attremo]]
+ * [[contremō]]
+ * [[intremō]]
+ * [[tremebundus]]
+ * [[tremefaciō]]
+ * [[tremēscō]]
+ * [[tremor]]
+ * [[tremulus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[trepidus]]
+ * [[en|tremor]]
+ * [[en|tremble]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}