Even 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.

There 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.