English
insectageddon
Blend of insect + Armageddon.
A compound of insect + Armageddon
Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
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Latin īnsecō ‘to cut into, to cut up’
Latin īnsectus ‘cut into, cut up, with a notched or divided body’
Latin īnsectum
Middle French insecte
English insect
Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών
Late Latin Harmagedōn ‘Armageddon, the site of the final battle in…’
Old English Ermagedon
Middle English Hermagedon
English Armageddon
Today it means
noun A hypothetical worldwide disaster that would happen due to many insect species going extinct, as for example if the Holocene extinction remains unchecked.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / insectageddon