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deworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
de-worm
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause (an animal) to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Germanic *wurmiz Proto-West Germanic *wurmi Old English wyrm Middle English worm English worm English deworm From de- + worm.

Usage

Inflected Forms

deworms (present, singular) deworming (participle, present) dewormed (participle, past) dewormed (past)

Derived Forms

dewormer

Questions

What does deworm mean?
To cause (an animal) to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
Where does deworm come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Germanic *wurmiz Proto-West Germanic *wurmi Old English wyrm Middle English worm English worm English deworm From de- + worm.

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