tremito

Italian

Etymology

From trem(are) (“to shiver”) +‎ -ito (to nominalise the verb). This is based on a pattern found in a couple of other common nouns that came from verb-derived Latin nouns: gemito and fremito. This pattern is also found in battito, from battere.[1]

Noun

tremito m (plural tremiti)

  1. shiver
  2. tremble, shake, tremor
  3. flicker

References
  1. Il Devoto–Oli (Dizionario italiano da un affiliato di Oxford University Press).

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

tremitō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of tremō

References
  • tremito in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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