formiguer
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- anthill (only for ants, not for termites)
- the ants comunity of an anthill
- (figuratively) place with lots of moving people
- (figuratively) lots of moving people
Etymology
Suffix from Catalan, Valencian formiga inherited from Latin *formīcārium, formīca (ant).
Origin
Latin
formīca
Gloss
ant
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蟻
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- formic English
- formicivorous English
- *formīcus Latin
- *formīcārium Latin
- formicula Latin
- formīca Latin
- formīcula Latin
- formica Italian
- formicaio Italian
- cerdo hormiguero Spanish, Castilian
- hormiga Spanish, Castilian
- hormiguero Spanish, Castilian
- *morwi- Proto-Indo-European
- *morwi-, *morwi Proto-Indo-European
- formiga Portuguese
- formigueiro Portuguese
- furmie Old French
- formiga Catalan, Valencian
- furnicar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- furnică Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- formiga Old Portuguese
- furnicar Aromanian
- furnicã Aromanian
- furnigã Aromanian
- formiga Occitan
- formiga Asturian
- furmie Friulian
- furmiâr Friulian
- formiga Old Spanish
- furmicula Sicilian
- formìga Venetian
- formaica Dalmatian
- formiga Sardinian
- furmeîga Istriot