Etymograph

English

tembleque

Tembleque comes from Spanish tembleque ‘En la parte más elevada me ha entrado el…’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenttembleque1‘En la parte más elevada me ha entrado el tembleque’literally ‘trembling’
  2. Englishtodaytembleque1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tembleque

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presenttemblequeWiktionary, English tembleque‘En la parte más elevada me ha entrado el tembleque’literally ‘trembling’
  2. EnglishtodaytemblequeWiktionary, English tembleque

Every English word from Spanish tembleque

Today it means

noun A coconut dessert pudding from Puerto Rico.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tembleque”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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