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vermicelli
Vermicelli comes from Italian vermicello ‘little worm’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wr̥mis‘worm’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wormis‘worm’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvermis‘a worm’
- Italianc. 1300–presentverme‘worm’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentvermicello‘little worm’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentvermicelliplural of vermicello
- Englishearliest quotation 1831vermicelli
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wr̥mis‘worm’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wormis‘worm’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvermis‘a worm’
- Italianc. 1300–presentverme‘worm’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentvermicello‘little worm’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentvermicelliplural of vermicello
- Englishearliest quotation 1831vermicelli
Earliest quotation: 1831, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Introduction: “They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin, (I…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to turn, to bend’
wear, guard, ward, regard, con, garage, warn, beware, garrison, ware, weir, optic, panorama, verge, wry, reverence, revere, guaranty, diorama, prosaic, milliner, 69 more
through Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis ‘worm’
through Latin vermis ‘a worm’
Today it means
noun Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis / vermicelli