Etymology of the English word screwworm
the English word
screwwormderived from the English word
screwderived from the Old French word
escroederived from the Medieval Latin word
scrofa (sow)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sker-derived from the English word
wormderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wer-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wurmizUsage
Word found in Modern English