Where does “furmicula” come from?

furmicula (Sicilian) comes from Latin formīcula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

furmicula (Sicilian): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “furmicula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinformīculaA small ant
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Proto-Italic -elos →