来自古英语aemette,蚂蚁,来自West Germanic*amaitjo,砍下,来自*ai,离开,去掉,*mai,砍, 切,词源同maim.字面意思即砍下,切开,引申词义分段,成段,用于指蚂蚁。
As þycke as ameten crepeþ in an amete hulle [chronicle of Robert of Gloucester, 1297]Emmet survived into 20c. as an alternative form. White ant "termite" is from 1729. To have ants in one's pants "be nervous and fidgety" is from 1934, made current by a popular song; antsy embodies the same notion.
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