English

insectology

Insectology comes from French insectologie.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from insect + -ology

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

Every English word from French insectologie

noun The scientific study of insects.

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