Where does “formiga” come from?

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

Ancestry of “formiga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinformicaan ant
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant

Words derived from “formiga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwi- →Every word from Latin formica →