English
formicate
Formicate comes from Latin formīca ‘ant’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEformīca‘ant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853–1864formicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEformīca‘ant’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853–1864formicate
Earliest quotation: 1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, (please specify the page): “an open space which formicated with peasantry”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *morwís ‘ant’
Another origin of formicate
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*morwís‘ant’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mormīkā‘ant’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEformīca‘ant’
- Englishtodayformicate
Today it means
verb To move like ants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin formīca / formicate