Where does “formicans” come from?
formicans (Latin) comes from Latin formico, from Latin formica, from Proto-Indo-European morwi- — ant.
Ancestry of “formicans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | formico | I crawl like an ant; I feel as if ants are... |
| 2 | Latin | formica | an ant |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | morwi- | ant |