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
- ant; pins and needles
Ancestry of “fourmi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | furmi | ant |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | formicus | — |
| 3 | Latin | formīca | ant |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |