insecto

Signification (Anglais)

insect

Concepts

insect

bug

small animal

bee

fly

mosquito

bird louse

flea

larva

worm

creepy-crawly

gogga

insects

vermin

Coupé comme

in‧sec‧to

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/inˈseɡto/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin īnsecta (“insects”) (attested in Pliny only in the plural), a calque of ἔντομα (éntoma, “insects”, literally “dissected”), from their segmented bodies, from εν- (en-) + τόμος (tómos, “slice”); calqued based on īnsectus (“notched, dissected”), perfect passive participle of īnsecō.