vermis

English

Etymology

From Latin vermis (worm). Doublet of worm.

Noun

vermis (plural vermes)

  1. (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

  1. inflection of vermissen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (worm).[1] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (worm; snake).

Pronunciation

Noun

vermis m (genitive vermis); third declension

  1. a worm
    Synonym: lumbrīcus

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

Descendants

  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: belme, berme, merme, gremi
  • Balkano-Romance:
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: *verminem (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:

References

  1. ^ 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

Borrowed from French vermis.

Noun

vermis n (uncountable)

  1. vermis

Declension

Declension of vermis
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