Etymology

formic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to ants. Full definition →

Latin formīca
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromformīca“ant”
  2. English todayformic

Formed from the root of Latin formīca (“ant”) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Latinformīca all →

formylformication-formformicanformicantformicarianformicariumformicaryformicideformicivorousformicophilia

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