myEtymology.com: English etymology of caseworm

Etymology of the English word caseworm

the English word caseworm

derived from the English word case

derived from the French word casse

derived from the Latin word capsa (box; cylindrical case, bookcase; receptacle for things)

derived from the Late Latin word capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-

derived from the Old Provençal word cassa

derived from the Latin word cattia

derived from the Greek word kuathion, κυάϑιον

derived from the Greek word kuathos, κύαϑος

derived from the English word worm

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *wurmiz