Etymology

formicant

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Today it means: Crawling like an ant. Full definition →

Latin formica
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  1. Latin · derived fromformica“ant”
  2. English todayformicant

From Latin formica (“ant”); so called because supposed to resemble the motion of an ant.

Words from the same roots

Latinformica all →

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