The story
- Latin · derived fromvermis
- Italian · borrowed fromvermicelli
- English todayvermicelli
From Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello (“little worm”), from verme (“worm”), from Latin vermis + -cello (“diminutive suffix”).
Words from the same roots
Latinvermis all →
verminvarmintvermisvermiformvermetusvermi-vermicidevermiciousvermifugalvermifugevermiparousvermiphobiavermisol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.