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tarmes.

woodworm (Plautus);

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈtar.mɛs]Classical-Latin[ˈtar.mes]
  1. a worm that eats wood; a woodworm

    declension-3 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Despite an unusual suffix, apparently from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”), thereby cognate with Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “woodworm”) and possibly Lithuanian trandẽ (“maggot”).

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