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==Etymology==
The word ''ant'' and the archaic word ''emmet''<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emmet emmet]. Merriam-Webster Dictionary</ref> are derived from ''{{lang|enm|ante}}'', ''{{lang|enm|emete}}'' of [[Middle English]], which come from ''{{lang|ang|ǣmette}}'' of [[Old English]]; these are all related to [[Low German|Low Saxon]] ''{{lang|nds|e(e)mt}}'', ''{{lang|nds|empe}}'' and varieties ([[Old Saxon]] ''{{lang|osx|emeta}}'') and to [[German language|German]] ''{{lang|de|Ameise}}'' ([[Old High German]] ''{{lang|goh|āmeiza}}''). All of these words come from West Germanic ''*{{lang|gmw|ǣmaitjōn}}'', and the original meaning of the word was "the biter" (from [[Proto-Germanic]] ''{{lang|gem-x-proto|ai-}}'', "off, away" + ''{{lang|gem-x-proto|mait-}}'' "cut").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ant |title=ant|publisher= Merriam-Webster Dictionary |access-date=6 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ant |title=Ant. Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=30 May 2009}}</ref>

The family name ''Formicidae'' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''{{lang|la|formīca}}'' ("ant")<ref>{{cite book | author = Simpson DP | title = Cassell's Latin Dictionary | publisher = Cassell | year = 1979 | edition = 5th | location = London | isbn=978-0-304-52257-6}}</ref> from which the words in other [[Romance languages]], such as the Portuguese ''{{lang|pt|formiga}}'', Italian ''{{lang|it|formica}}'', Spanish ''{{lang|es|hormiga}}'', Romanian ''{{lang|ro|furnică}}'', and French ''{{lang|fr|fourmi}}'' are derived.

The study of ants is called ''[[myrmecology]]'', from [[Ancient Greek]] μύρμηξ ''mýrmēx'' ("ant"). It has been hypothesised that a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] word *morwi- was the root for [[Sanskrit]] ''vamrah'', Greek μύρμηξ ''mýrmēx'', Latin ''{{lang|la|formīca}}'', [[Old Church Slavonic]] ''mraviji'', [[Old Irish]] ''moirb'', [[Old Norse]] ''maurr'', [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''mier'', [[Swedish language|Swedish]] ''myra'', [[Danish language|Danish]] ''myre'', [[Middle Dutch]] ''miere'', and [[Crimean Gothic]]'' miera''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=formic |title=Formic |publisher=Etymonline.com |access-date=2012-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/pismire |title=Pismire |publisher=Etymonline.com |access-date=2020-08-27}}</ref>