Vermicular
/vɜːrˈmɪk.jə.lər/noun
Resembling or relating to a worm or worms; wormlike.
Did you know?Vermicular descends from Latin vermiculus, a diminutive of vermis (“worm”), and the same ancient worm-root also lives on in words like vermin and vermilion, because old color and creature words often shared a filthy little history.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wr̥mis
“worm”
Latin
Latin
vermis
“worm”
Latin
Latin
vermiculus
“little worm”
Late Latin
Latin
vermicularis
“wormlike; pertaining to worms”
Middle English
English
vermiculer
“wormlike, wriggling”
Modern English
English
vermicular
“resembling or relating to a worm or worms”