vermifugal
English
adj
Definitions
- (medicine) Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
Etymology
Derived from Latin vermis (worm, a worm).
Origin
Latin
vermis
Gloss
worm, a worm
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- varmint English
- vermiform English
- vermisol English
- *verminum Latin
- vermiformis Latin
- verminem, *vermen Latin
- vermis Latin
- vermicelli Italian
- ver French
- verme Spanish, Castilian
- *wr̥mis Proto-Indo-European
- verm Old French
- yermu Aromanian
- vearm Romansh
- verm Romansh
- vierm Romansh
- verm Old Occitan
- vemmu Sicilian
- vermo Venetian
- vermu Corsican