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.

Noun

tremito m (plural tremiti)

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

Related terms

• tremitio
• tremolare (“to tremble”)
• tremore (“to tremble”)

Anagrams

• Moretti, mirteto, moretti, rimetto, tremoti

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016