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Where does “fourmi” come from?

fourmi (French) comes from Old French furmi, from Vulgar Latin formicus, from Latin formīca, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

fourmi (French): ant; pins and needles

Definitions

  1. ant; pins and needles

Ancestry of “fourmi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfurmiant
2Vulgar Latinformicus—
3Latinformīca—
4Latin-ārium—
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “fourmi”

  • fourmilière
  • fum
  • fourmi
  • fourmi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →