Where does “formicant” come from?
formicant (English) comes from Latin formīca, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
formicant (English): Crawling like an ant; Of the pulse: weak and...
Definitions
- Crawling like an ant; Of the pulse: weak and...
Ancestry of “formicant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | formīca | — |
| 2 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |