Where does “formicus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “formicus”, step by step

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—

Words derived from “formicus”

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