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The acid's definitely right- 'formic' comes from fourmis, the french word for ant!
by timeslip1523 5y ago
The acid's definitely right- 'formic' comes from fourmis, the french word for ant!
- inimino 5y agoEven older -- both come from Latin formica, which also just means "ant." On the other hand, the plastic called formica, familiar as a countertop surface, has nothing to do with ants but comes from "for mica", for which it was originally developed as a subtitute.
- gadders 5y agoThere is also the word "formication": Formication is the sensation that resembles that of small insects crawling on (or under) the skin when there is nothing there.