Etymograph

English

fremish

Fremish comes from Middle French fremir ‘to shake’, from Latin fremo ‘to murmur, mutter, grumble, growl at or after…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- ‘to make noise’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrem-‘to make noise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrémeti‘to hum, rumble’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fremōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfremoas fremere‘to murmur, mutter, grumble, growl at or after something’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CE*fremīrereconstructed
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fremir‘to shake’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fremyssh‘to shiver, shudder’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1859fremish

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrem-‘to make noise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrémeti‘to hum, rumble’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fremōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfremoas fremere‘to murmur, mutter, grumble, growl at or after something’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CE*fremīrereconstructed
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fremir‘to shake’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fremyssh‘to shiver, shudder’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1859fremish

Earliest quotation: 1859, Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair: “He fremiſhed and for dread trembled, and great cries…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- ‘to make noise’

broom, brim, bramble, bromine, brome, 5 more

Today it means

verb To shiver or shudder.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- / fremish

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