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Latin

noun

Definitions

woodworm worm or grub found in wood

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp), *ḱes- (cut, cut off, separate, cutVerb, cut up, slaughter).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱes-

Gloss

cut, cut off, separate, cutVerb, cut up, slaughter

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