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Where does “vermiculation” come from?

vermiculation (English) comes from Latin vermiculatio, from Latin -tio, from Proto-Italic -tjō, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

vermiculation (English): The process of being turned into a worm; The...

Definitions

  1. The process of being turned into a worm; The...

Ancestry of “vermiculation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvermiculatio—
2Latin-tio-tion, -ation, -ing
3Proto-Italic-tjō—
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →