Etymology

formicide

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Today it means: A substance that kills ants Full definition →

Latin formīca
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The story

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

Combining form of Latin formīca (“ant”) + -cide.

Words from the same roots

Latinformīca all →

formicformylformication-formformicanformicantformicarianformicariumformicaryformicivorousformicophilia

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