The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wers-
- Latin · derived fromvarix
- Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
- English todayvaricose
From varix, via Middle English [Term?] from Latin varix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers-. By surface analysis, varic- + -ose. See also Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”), Lithuanian viršus (“top”).
Words from the same roots
Latinvarix all →
varicographyvarix
Proto-Indo-European*wers- all →
warwarriorvarix
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.