English
insected
From insect + -ed.
Formed from insect + -ed
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
Today it means
adj Resembling or relating to an insect.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / insected