Where does “formiga” come from?

formiga (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese formiga, from Latin formica, from Proto-Indo-European morwi- — ant.

formiga (Galician): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “formiga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseformiga—
2Latinformicaan ant
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwi- →Every word from Latin formica →Every word from Old Portuguese formiga →
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