English

ant-bed

From ant + bed.

A compound of ant + bed

Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā

Old English ǣmete

Middle English ampte ‘an ant’

English ant

Proto-Germanic *badją ‘resting-place’

Proto-West Germanic *badi ‘plot of ground’

Old English bedd

Middle English bed ‘a bed’

English bed

Today it means

noun Termite mounds, crushed and watered, used as flooring material.

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