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

• verism

Dutch

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

vermis (a worm)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”). 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

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

• vermiculus

Related terms

• vermiculātē
• vermiculātiō
• vermiculātus
• vermiculor
• vermiculōsus
• vermifluus
• vermina
• verminātiō
• verminō
• verminōsus

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: belme, berme, merme, gremi
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: yermu, ierm, iermu
  • Istro-Romanian: l'erm, gl'erm
  • Megleno-Romanian: ghermi, ghiarmi, varmi
  • Romanian: vierme
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican: vermu, varmu, varme, gialmu
  • Italian: verme
  • Neapolitan: verme
    • Tarantino: vijèrme
  • Sicilian: vermu, vemmu
  • Venetan: vermo, verme
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: vier
  • Romansh: verm, vierm, vearm
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: verm
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: verm
  • Franco-Provençal: vèrm
  • Gascon: bermi (Béarnese)
  • Old French: ver, verm
    • French: ver, verme
    • Walloon: varme
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: vierbe, viermo
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *verminem (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → English: vermis
  • → Esperanto: vermo
  • → Spanish: verme
  • ⇒ Translingual: Vermichiton

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

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