Where does “fourmiller” come from?

fourmiller (French) comes from Old French formiier, from Latin formico, from Latin formica, from Proto-Indo-European morwi- — ant.

fourmiller (French): to swarm, to be full of; to tingle

Definitions

  1. to swarm, to be full of; to tingle

Ancestry of “fourmiller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchformiier—
2LatinformicoI crawl like an ant; I feel as if ants are...
3Latinformicaan ant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant

Words derived from “fourmiller”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwi- →Every word from Latin formica →Every word from Latin formico →
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