English

ajitter

From a- + jitter.

Formed from a- + jitter

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

English chitter ‘to tremble, shiver’

Today it means

adj Unsteady, as from anxiety; jittery.

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