from Wikipedia The word ant is derived from ante of Middle English which is derived from æmette and emmett of Old English and is related to the Old High German āmeiza from which comes Ameise, the German word for ant.^[19] The family name Formicidae is derived from the Latin formīca (“ant”)^[20] from which derived Portuguese formiga, Spanish hormiga, Romanian furnică, French fourmi, etc image
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