earthworm

English

noun

Definitions

A worm that lives in the ground.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder .
(figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English erthe-worm affix from English earth + English worm.

Origin

English

worm

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Eartha English
Earthling English
angleworm English
antiearth English
antiworm English
armyworm English
arrow worm English
arrowworm English
backworm English
bagworm English
basketworm English
beetworm English
blackworm English
bladderworm English
bollworm English
bookworm English
brainworm English
budworm English
buzzworm English
caddisworm English
cankerworm English
caseworm English
catworm English
cockworm English
coneworm English
copperworm English
cornworm English
counter-earth English
cryptoworm English
cutworm English
deworm English
dewworm English
dropworm English
earth English
earth pig English
earth-drake English
earth-fast English
earth-tilth English
earthapple English
earthbag English
earthbank English
earthberry English
earthboard English
earthborn English
earthbound English
earthbred English
earthcreeper English
earthdin English
earthdrake English
eartheater English
earthen English
earther English
earthfall English
earthfast English
earthflax English
earthflow English
earthful English
earthhog English
earthhole English
earthhood English
earthhouse English
earthing English
earthish English
earthism English
earthless English
earthlike English
earthlore English
earthly English
earthmover English
earthmoving English
earthness English
earthpea English
earthpig English
earthquake English
earthrise English
earthscraper English
earthshaker English
earthshaking English
earthshattering English
earthshock English
earthstar English
earthstorm English
earthward English
earthwards English
earthware English
earthwax English
earthwork English
earthy English
earworm English
eelworm English
eigenworm English
eyeworm English
fireworm English
fishworm English
flagworm English
flatworm English
fleshworm English
flukeworm English
gapeworm English
glowworm English
gnatworm English
gourdworm English
groundworm English
grubworm English
hairworm English
heartworm English
hollow earther English
hookworm English
hornworm English
horseworm English
inchworm English
inearth English
jointworm English
leafworm English
lungworm English
maltworm English
mealworm English
mealworm beetle English
melonworm English
muckworm English
nanoworm English
palmerworm English
palmworm English
pickleworm English
pileworm English
pillworm English
pinworm English
potworm English
ragworm English
rainworm English
redworm English
ringworm English
rootworm English
roseworm English
roundworm English
rye-worm English
sandworm English
screwworm English
seatearth English
seatworm English
shipworm English
silkworm English
skin worm English
slugworm English
spanworm English
spindleworm English
spoonworm English
strawworm English
superworm English
taintworm English
tapeworm English
threadworm English
thunderworm English
tongueworm English
transearth English
tree worm English
tubeworm English
underearth English
unearth English
waxworm English
webworm English
wheal-worm English
wheatworm English
whipworm English
whiteworm English
wireworm English
witworm English
woodworm English
worm English
wormable English
wormcast English
wormer English
wormery English
wormfish English
wormfowl English
wormgrass English
wormhole English
wormish English
wormless English
wormlet English
wormlike English
wormling English
wormlion English
wormly English
wormproof English
wormridden English
wormroot English
wormseed English
wormshit English
wormskin English
wormwood English
wormy English
aarde Dutch, Flemish
aardworm Dutch, Flemish
worm Dutch, Flemish
worm Portuguese
ワーム Japanese
erthe Middle English
erthe-worm Middle English
worm Middle English
ierde Western Frisian
ierdwjirm Western Frisian
wjirm Western Frisian
Wurm Saterland Frisian
Äide Saterland Frisian
Äidwurm Saterland Frisian