vermicelli

/vəɹməˈsɛli/ · noun

Meaning

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.
Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli.
Chocolate sprinkles.

Etymology / origin

From Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello (“little worm”), from verme (“worm”), from Latin vermis + -cello (“diminutive suffix”).

vermis(Latin)→
vermicelli(Italian)→
vermicelli (English)
Relations: bor, der

Related words

vermicelli(Italian)vermis(Latin)vermiĉelo(Esperanto)veirmisilí(Irish)

Descendant words

vermiĉelo(Esperanto) (bor)
veirmisilí(Irish) (bor)

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