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worm
worry
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Etymology of the English word worm
the English word
worm
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wer-
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wurmiz
Derivations in English
bloodworm
,
bookworm
,
cabbageworm
,
cankerworm
,
carpenterworm
,
caseworm
,
clamworm
,
currantworm
,
cutworm
,
deworm
,
eelworm
,
fireworm
,
flatworm
,
glassworm
,
grubworm
,
hairworm
,
heartworm
,
hookworm
,
inchworm
,
jointworm
,
lugworm
,
lungworm
,
mealworm
,
muckworm
,
palmerworm
,
pinworm
,
rootworm
,
roundworm
,
sandworm
,
shipworm
,
sludgeworm
,
spoonworm
,
strawworm
,
tapeworm
,
threadworm
,
tubeworm
,
wheatworm
,
whipworm
,
wireworm
,
woodworm
,
wormfish
,
wormhole
,
angleworm
,
armyworm
,
bagworm
,
bollworm
,
budworm
,
fishworm
,
hornworm
,
measuringworm
,
pickleworm
,
screwworm
,
spanworm
,
webworm
,
blindworm
,
ringworm
,
wormy
,
glowworm
,
silkworm
,
wormseed
,
slowworm
,
wormed
,
worming
Cognates
Danish
orm
, Dutch
worm
, French
ver
, German
Wurm
, Icelandic
ormur
, Italian
verme
, Latin
vermis
, Nynorsk
orm
, Portuguese
verme
, Provençal
verm
, Riksmal
varme
, Riksmal
orm
, Swedish
orm
, Yiddish
vorem
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