The story
- Latin · derived fromvermis“a worm”
- English todayvermiparous
From Latin vermis (“a worm”) + parere (“to bring forth”), + -ous.
Words from the same roots
Latinvermis all →
verminvarmintvermicellivermisvermiformvermetusvermi-vermicidevermiciousvermifugalvermifugevermiphobiavermisol
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.