Where does “holmigas” come from?

holmigas (Cebuano) comes from Spanish hormiga, from Old Spanish formiga, from Latin formica, from Proto-Indo-European morwi- — ant.

holmigas (Cebuano): an ant; any of various insects in the family...

Definitions

  1. an ant; any of various insects in the family...

Ancestry of “holmigas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhormigaant
2Old Spanishformiga—
3Latinformicaan ant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwi- →Every word from Latin formica →Every word from Old Spanish formiga →