Where does “fourmilière” come from?
fourmilière (French) comes from French fourmi, 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.
fourmilière (French): anthill
Definitions
- anthill
Ancestry of “fourmilière”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fourmi | ant; pins and needles |
| 2 | Old French | furmi | ant |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | formicus | — |
| 4 | Latin | formīca | ant |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |