Morpheme
Myrm
Type
bound base
Denotation
ant
Etymology
Ancient Greek mýrmēx
Evidence
Adetomyrma, Anonychomyrma, Dorymyrmex, Iridomyrmex, Leptomyrmex, Megalomyrmex, Myrmarachne, Myrmica, Myrmoborus, myrmomancy, Myrmothera, myrmotherine, Myrmotherula, Myrmoxenus, Pogonomyrmex, Pseudomyrmex, Trachymyrmex
Alternative Base Analysis
<Myrmice> denoting “Myrmica, aggressive ants native to temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -icinae, -icine
from Myrmica (<Myrm + -ica>), from Ancient Greek mýrmēx
Myrmicinae, myrmicine
