Other forms: tremors
A tremor is a small shaking, of the ground or of the body. A slight tremor, felt the tremor, a tremor in her voice.
In geology a tremor is a small quake, and the ones that come after a big one are aftershocks. In medicine a tremor is an involuntary shaking — the resting tremor of Parkinson's is the best known, though an essential tremor is far commoner and quite separate.
1nountremorA small shaking of the ground.
“People in the town felt a small tremor, and a few cups fell off the shelves.”
2nouninvoluntaryAn involuntary shaking of the body.
“There was a slight tremor in the old man's hands as he lifted his cup.”
tremor is a shaking.
Latin tremor means a shaking, from tremere, to tremble. Tremble and tremulous are relatives.
Proto-Indo-European
*trem-
Latin
tremor
Old French
tremor
Anglo-Norman
tremour
Middle English
tremour — fright
English, today
tremor
From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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