Worm Definition
- a complex, usually unpleasant problem
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Origin of Worm
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From Middle English worm, werm, wurm, wirm, from Old English wyrm "˜snake, worm', from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (compare Dutch worm, West Frisian wjirm, German Wurm, Danish orm), from Proto-Indo-European *wrÌ¥mis (compare Latin vermis '"˜worm', Lithuanian var̃mas "˜insect, midge', Albanian rrime "˜rainworm', Ancient Greek ῥόμος (rhomos, “woodworm")), possibly from *wer- "˜to turn'. First computer usage by John Brunner in his 1975 book The Shockwave Rider.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English wurm variant of wyrm wer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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