Translation
insect
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Word origin
From Latin insectum, cut into, because an insect's body looks notched into segments. The Latin was itself a loan translation of Greek entomon, which is why the study of them is entomology.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- insectum
- English cognates
- insect, section, dissect
Examples
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Many insects fly above the flowers.
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That insect is very small.
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Insects live in the grass.
is the scientific term and the everyday one alike. Esperanto has no separate colloquial word for creepy-crawly, so covers what English splits between insect and bug. The individual creatures get their own roots rather than compounds: a fly, a bee, an ant, a butterfly.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 10: insekto, malvarmumi, fiasko and 7 more words.