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Etymology edit

From Proto-Hellenic *trémō, from Proto-Indo-European *trem-, extended form of Proto-Indo-European *ter-. The extended form Proto-Indo-European *tres- also yielded τρέω (tréō, to dread, to terrify).

Cognate with Latin tremō, Avestan 𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (trərəsaiti), Ancient Greek τρέω (tréō), Old Irish tarrach, Lithuanian trišu, Latvian trisēt, Old Church Slavonic трѧсѫ (tręsǫ) and Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati).
Also see τρόμος (trómos), τρομέω (troméō).

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τρέμω (trémō)

  1. to tremble in fear; to be afraid

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  • Greek: τρέμω (trémo)
  • Mariupol Greek: тре́му (trjému)

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).

Compare Mariupol Greek тре́му (trjému).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtremo/
  • Hyphenation: τρέ‧μω

Verb edit

τρέμω (trémo) (imperfect έτρεμα) found only in the imperfective tenses

  1. to tremble, shake, shiver
    Synonyms: ανατριχιάζω (anatrichiázo), ριγώ (rigó)
  2. (figuratively) to fear, shake from fear
    Synonyms: φοβάμαι (fovámai), τρομάζω (tromázo)

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