Where does “Formiga” come from?

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

Formiga (Portuguese): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “Formiga”, step by step

Formiga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin formīca

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—

via Old Portuguese formiga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseformiga—
2Latinformicaan ant
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant

Words derived from “Formiga”

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