English
tremorous
From tremor + -ous.
A compound of tremor + -ous
Proto-Indo-European *trem- ‘tremble’
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Latin tremō ‘to tremble, shake, shudder at’
Latin tremor
Anglo-Norman tremour
Middle English tremour ‘fright’
English tremor
Today it means
adj In a tremoring manner.
Sources
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Etymograph / tremorous