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Where does “formiier” come from?

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

Ancestry of “formiier”, step by step

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

Words derived from “formiier”

  • fourmiller
  • fourmillement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwi- →