Where does “vermiculately” come from?
vermiculately (English) comes from English vermiculate, from Latin vermiculatus, from Latin vermiculor, from Latin vermiculus, from Latin vermis, from Latin fugāre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic fugiō — to flee; to enjoy, benefit.
vermiculately (English): In a vermiculate or wormlike manner
Definitions
- In a vermiculate or wormlike manner
Ancestry of “vermiculately”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vermiculate | To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of... |
| 2 | Latin | vermiculatus | wormy, worm-eaten |
| 3 | Latin | vermiculor | I am wormy, worm-eaten |
| 4 | Latin | vermiculus | A little worm or grub in decaying things |
| 5 | Latin | vermis | a worm |
| 6 | Latin | fugāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | fugere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fugiō | to flee |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewg- | to flee; to enjoy, benefit |