ant
English
/ænt/, /ɛnt/, /ɑːnt/, [ɛənt]
noun
Definitions
- Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
- (Internet) A Web spider.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ampte inherited from Old English ǣmette (ant) inherited from *āmaitijā (biting-thing, cutter) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ē- (away, off) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mai- (cut).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mai-
Gloss
cut
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ant thrush English
- ant-bed English
- ant-hill English
- antbird English
- antdom English
- anteater English
- anteating English
- antheap English
- anthill English
- anthood English
- anting English
- antish English
- antkind English
- antless English
- antlet English
- antlike English
- antling English
- antlion English
- antly English
- antpecker English
- antpipit English
- antpitta English
- antproof English
- antshrike English
- antvireo English
- anty English
- bed English
- bird English
- bullet English
- bullet ant English
- collecting English
- eater English
- eating English
- heap English
- hill English
- honey-pot ant English
- honeypot English
- jaw English
- lion English
- pecker English
- pipit English
- piss English
- pissant English
- pitta English
- shrike English
- skull English
- skull-collecting ant English
- thrush English
- trap English
- trap-jaw ant English
- vireo English
- Ameise German
- Ameisenalgorithmus German
- Ameisenbär German
- Ameisenhaufen German
- Ameisenhügel German
- Ameisenigel German
- Ameisenjungfer German
- Ameisenkönigin German
- Ameisenlöwe German
- Ameisenwürger German
- Feuerameise German
- *mai- Proto-Indo-European
- *ē- Proto-Germanic
- æmethyll Old English
- æmette Old English
- ǣmette Old English
- ametehul Middle English
- ampte Middle English
- ameiza, āmeiza Old High German
- āmeiza Old High German
- Ameis Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *āmaitijā gmw-pro
- *āmētia Old Saxon
- bed
- jaw
- bird
- trap
- lion
- heap
- piss
- anty
- hill
- vireo
- eater
- antly
- pipit
- pitta
- skull
- antish
- shrike
- eating
- anting
- antlet
- bullet
- pecker
- thrush
- antdom
- antheap
- antkind
- antlion
- antling
- antless
- anthill
- antlike
- antbird
- pissant
- anthood
- ant-bed
- anteater
- honeypot
- antvireo
- antpitta
- antproof
- antpipit
- ant-hill
- antpecker
- antshrike
- anteating
- collecting
- bullet ant
- ant thrush
- trap-jaw ant
- honey-pot ant
- skull-collecting ant