Where does “termită” come from?

termită (Romanian) comes from French termite, from Latin termites, from Latin tarmes, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

termită (Romanian): termite

Definitions

  1. termite

Ancestry of “termită”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtermitetermite white-bodied, wood-consuming insect
2Latintermitesnominative plural of termes; accusative plural of...
3Latintarmesa worm that eats wood; a woodworm
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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