Where does “skull-collecting ant” come from?
skull-collecting ant (English) comes from English collecting, from English collect, from French collecte, from Latin collēcta, from Latin collēctus, from Latin colligere, from Latin colligō, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
skull-collecting ant (English): Formica archboldi, a kind of ant that hunts trap-jaw ants and takes their severed heads back to its nest
Definitions
- Formica archboldi, a kind of ant that hunts trap-jaw ants and takes their severed heads back to its nest
Ancestry of “skull-collecting ant”, step by step
skull-collecting ant traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English collecting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | collecting | A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring,... |
| 2 | English | collect | To gather together; amass; To get; particularly,... |
| 3 | French | collecte | collecting, collection |
| 4 | Latin | collēcta | contribution (in money); collection |
| 5 | Latin | collēctus | gathered, having been gathered; collected, having been collected; assembled, having been assembled |
| 6 | Latin | colligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colligō | to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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 |
via English skull
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | skull | The main bones of the head considered as a unit;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sculle | a type of oar |
| 3 | Old Norse | skalli | a bald head; bald head, skull |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skaljō | shell; husk; rind; peel |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |