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tem⋅blor

  [tem-bler, -blawr; Sp. tem-blawr]
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–noun, plural -blors, Spanish. -blo⋅res  [-blaw-res] .
a tremor; earthquake.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; < Sp: lit., a quaking, equiv. to tembl(ar) to quake (perh. ≪ L timēre to fear and LL tremulāre to quake; see tremble ) + -or -or 1
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earth·quake   (ûrth'kwāk')   
n.  A sudden movement of the earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity. Also called seism, temblor.
tem·blor   (těm'blər, -blôr')   
n.  See earthquake.

[Spanish, a trembling, earthquake, from temblar, to shake, from Vulgar Latin *tremulāre, from Latin tremulus, shaking; see tremulous.]
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temblor 
earthquake, 1876, from Amer.Sp. temblor "earthquake," from Sp. temblor, lit. "a trembling," from temblar "to tremble," from V.L. *tremulare (see tremble).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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