An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A combining form meaning “earthquake;” → seismology, → seismograph, etc.

Etymology (EN): From Gk. seismo- combining form of seismos “shock, earthquake,” from seiein “to shake.”

Etymology (PE): Larzé-, from larzé “shaking, trembling,” from larzidan “to tremble, shiver;” Mid.Pers. larzidan “to shake, tremble;” Manichean Mid.Pers. rarz- “to shiver with fever;” Proto-Iranian *rarz- “to shake, tremble.”