Vormatia

Latin

Alternative forms

Wormacia, Wormatia

Etymology

A latinized form of Borbetomagus under influence from -ātus (suffix forming adjectives) + -ia (suffix forming place names), from a Gaulish name of uncertain origin but generally taken to refer to the Celtic god Borvo or to a river, spring, or other waters named for him + Proto-Celtic *magos (“field, plain”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɔrˈma.ti.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vorˈmat̪.t̪͡s̪i.a]

Proper noun

Vormatia f sg (genitive Vormatiae); first declension

Worms (a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vormatia
genitive	Vormatiae
dative	Vormatiae
accusative	Vormatiam
ablative	Vormatiā
vocative	Vormatia
locative	Vormatiae

Synonyms

Borbetomagus, Civitas Vangionum (historical)

Derived terms

Vormatiēnsis

Descendants

Italian: Vormazia
Old High German: Wormazia
- German: Worms
  - Bulgarian: Вормс (Vorms)
  - Catalan: Worms
  - Czech: Worms
  - Danish: Worms
  - English: Worms
  - Estonian: Worms
  - French: Worms
  - Hebrew: וורמס (Vorms)
  - Italian: Worms
  - Portuguese: Worms
  - Romanian: Worms
  - Russian: Вормс (Vorms)
  - Spanish: Worms
  - Turkish: Worms
  - Welsh: Worms
Portuguese: Vormácia