Etymology

vermetus

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Today it means: Any of the many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Full definition →

translingual Vermetus ← Latin vermis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvermis“worm”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromVermetus
  3. English todayvermetus

From translingual Vermetus, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvermis all →

verminvarmintvermicellivermisvermiformvermi-vermicidevermiciousvermifugalvermifugevermiparousvermiphobiavermisol

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