English
formicivorous
Formicivorous comes from Latin formīca ‘ant’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEformīca‘ant’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010formicivorous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEformīca‘ant’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010formicivorous
Earliest quotation: 2010, Paula Hammond, Atlas of the World's Strangest Animals: “Formicivorous mammals (those which feed mainly on ants) come…”
Every English word from Latin formīca
Today it means
adj Feeding on ants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin formīca / formicivorous