We often use tremendous if something is super wonderful. If someone comes into your office and tells you you just won a big contract and are getting a huge bonus, you might exclaim, “Tremendous!” Tremendous comes from the Latin for "trembling," and is connected with fear.

Where does the word tremendous come from?

tremendous (adj.)

1630s, "awful, dreadful, terrible," from Latin tremendus "fearful, to be dreaded, terrible," literally "to be trembled at," gerundive form of tremere "to tremble" (see tremble (v.)).

What does the word tremendously?

: to a great or tremendous extent : extremely a tremendously important decision a tremendously impressive performance It was tremendously depressing for me to work there, and it happened that I was not enjoying going to work, so I requested a transfer.—