Where does “honey-pot ant” come from?
honey-pot ant (English) comes from English honeypot, from English honey, from Middle English hony, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, from Proto-Germanic hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s — honey.
honey-pot ant (English): A type of ant from Australia, known for a class...
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- A type of ant from Australia, known for a class...
Ancestry of “honey-pot ant”, step by step
honey-pot ant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English honeypot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | honeypot | A pot of honey; Something or someone similarly... |
| 2 | English | honey | A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar... |
| 3 | Middle English | hony | Honey; Nectar; the secretion of flowers;... |
| 4 | Old English | huniġ | honey |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hunag | honey |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hunagą | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hunangą | Alternative form of *hunagą |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂onk-o-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂ónks | honey |
via English ȧnt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ȧnt | — |
| 2 | Middle English | ampte | An ant; a formicid; A mantid |
| 3 | Old English | ǣmete | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | āmaitijā | ant |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |