Verruca
/vəˈruːkə/noun
A wart, especially a wart on the foot caused by a human papillomavirus.
Did you know?The Latin word verrūca originally referred broadly to a protuberance or wart, and its exact deeper Indo-European ancestry remains uncertain rather than being connected to magic or demons.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
verrūca
“A wart or raised growth on the skin”
Late Latin
Latin
verrūca
“A wart; the term continued in medical and scholarly writing”
Middle English
English
verruca
“A wart, used as a learned medical borrowing”
17th Century
English
verruca
“A wart in anatomical and medical terminology”
Modern English
English
verruca
“A plantar wart, especially one occurring on the sole of the foot”