Proto-Indo-European

*wr̥mis

‘worm’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.

21 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis, most familiar first.

• worm ← werm ← weorm ← *wurmi ← *wurmiz
• vermin ← vermyn ← vermine ← *verminum ← vermis
• vermilion ← vermelioun ← vermeillon ← vermeil ← *vermiclus
• varmint ← vermis ← *wormis
• vermicelli ← vermicello ← verme ← vermis ← *wormis
• vermeil ← vermayle ← *vermiclus ← vermiculus ← vermis
• vermiculite ← vermiculus ← vermis ← *wormis
• wyrm ← *wurmi ← *wurmiz
• vermiform ← vermis ← *wormis
• vermis ← *wormis
• vermeille ← vermeil ← vermeil ← vermeil ← *vermiclus
• vermicompost ← vermis ← *wormis

More words from *wr̥mis

• chremsel
• chremslach
• vermiculate
• verminate
• vermicious
• vermicide
• vermicule
• vermetus
• vermisol

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis