Where does “formiga-correição” come from?

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

formiga-correição (Portuguese): army ant

Definitions

  1. army ant

Ancestry of “formiga-correição”, step by step

formiga-correição traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese formiga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseformigaant
2Old Portugueseformiga—
3Latinformicaan ant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorwi-ant

via Portuguese correição

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecorreiçãoinspection on water of a certain property to assess its cleanness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morwi- →Every word from Latin formica →Every word from Old Portuguese formiga →
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