vermis
English
Etymology
From Latin vermis (“worm”). Doublet of worm.
Noun
vermis (plural vermes)
- (anatomy) A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.
Anagrams
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Pronunciation
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Verb
vermis
- inflection of vermissen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm; snake”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛr.mɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛr.mis]
Noun
vermis m (genitive vermis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | vermis | vermēs |
genitive | vermis | vermium |
dative | vermī | vermibus |
accusative | vermem | vermēs vermīs |
ablative | verme | vermibus |
vocative | vermis | vermēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
- vermiculātē
- vermiculātiō
- vermiculātus
- vermiculor
- vermiculōsus
- vermifluus
- vermina
- verminātiō
- verminō
- verminōsus
Descendants
- Insular Romance:
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: verm
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: vierbe, viermo
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *verminem (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings:
- → English: vermis
- → Esperanto: vermo
- → Spanish: verme
- ⇒ Translingual: Vermichiton
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vermis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 665
Further reading
- “vermis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vermis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “vĕrmis”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 704
- Seidl, Christian. 1995. Le système acasuel des protoromans ibérique et sarde: Dogmes et fait. Vox Romanica 54. Page. 61.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
vermis n (uncountable)
Declension
singular only | indefinite | definite |
---|---|---|
nominative-accusative | vermis | vermisul |
genitive-dative | vermis | vermisului |
vocative | vermisule |
References
- vermis in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN