Where does “tărmus” come from?

tărmus (Latin) comes from Latin tarmes, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

Ancestry of “tărmus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintarmesa worm that eats wood; a woodworm
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “tărmus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Latin tarmes →
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