Where does “formicula” come from?

formicula (Late Latin) comes from Latin formīca, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

formicula (Late Latin): A small ant

Definitions

  1. A small ant

Ancestry of “formicula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinformīcaant
2Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “formicula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -ārium →Every word from Latin -um →