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The Latin word formica means ant. The name formic acid is derived from this Latin word because
Answer: C
Formic acid is so named because it was first obtained by the distillation of ants.
John Ray distilled red ants in 1671 and isolated the acid, and Latin formica means ant. Ants do secrete it as a defensive spray, but the name records how the compound was first prepared, not what it is used for.
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