English Explanatory Dictionary

vermiculture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The keeping of worms, for example for commercial or horticultural reasons.

Word forms

vermiculture

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermisbor. English vermi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English vermiculture From vermi- + culture.

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