English
formicide
Formicide comes from Latin formīca ‘ant’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEformīca‘ant’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011formicide
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEformīca‘ant’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011formicide
Earliest quotation: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: “Each category of formicide is driven by an utterly…”
Formed from -cide
Every English word from Latin formīca
Today it means
noun A substance that kills ants
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin formīca / formicide