Etymology of the English word tremble
the English word
tremblederived from the Old French word
tremblerderived from the Latin word
tremularederived from the Latin word
tremulus (trembling)
derived from the Latin word
tremere (tremble, shake, shudder at)
Date
The earliest known usage of tremble in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
atremble,
trembled,
tremblingCognates
French
trembler, Italian
tremare, Italian
tremolare, Latin
tremere, Provençal
tremblar, Spanish
temblarUsage
Word found in Modern English
