Where does “formicans” come from?

formicans (Latin) comes from Latin formico, from Latin formica, from Proto-Indo-European morwi- — ant.

Definitions

Ancestry of “formicans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinformicoI crawl like an ant; I feel as if ants are...
2Latinformicaan ant
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwi- →Every word from Latin formica →Every word from Latin formico →
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