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vermis
Latin · ancient
"worm"
the plain word for a worm
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vermicello
Italian · medieval
"little worm; thin pasta strands"
a diminutive, 'little worm', naming pasta cut into thin strands
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vermicelli
English · 1660s
"long, thin strands of pasta"
borrowed (as the Italian plural) for the thin, worm-like pasta
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