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. imperative

Latin

vermis (a worm)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm; snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.mis/, [ˈu̯ɛrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.mis/, [ˈvɛrmis]

Noun

vermis m (genitive vermis); third declension

1. a worm

   Synonym: lumbrīcus

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	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

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

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: yermu, ierm, iermu
• Asturian: viérbene, vierbe, viermo, berbene
• Corsican: vermu, varmu, varme, gialmu
• Esperanto: vermo
• Franco-Provençal: vèrm
• Friulian: vier
• Galician: verme
• Gascon: bermi (Béarnese)
• Istro-Romanian: l'erm, gl'erm
• Italian: verme, vermine (Tuscan)
• Megleno-Romanian: ghermi, ghiarmi, varmi
• Lombard: vermen
• Neapolitan: vermene
• Occitan: vèrm, vèrme
• Old Catalan: verme
  • Catalan: verm
• Old French: verm
  • French: ver
• Old Galician-Portuguese: vermem
  • Portuguese: verme
• Old Spanish: vierme, viermen, vierven
• Piedmontese: verm
• Romagnol: virman
• Romanian: vierme
• Romansch: verm, vierm
• Sardinian: berme, merme, gremi, brèmmini
• Sicilian: vemmu, vermu, vermi
• Venetian: vermo, verme
• Walloon: varme
• → English: vermin, vermis
• → Spanish: verme

References

• 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.

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.