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entomos topic posted Sat, December 4, 2004 - 7:47 AM by jheem

Greek entomon 'insect', entomos 'cut (in two)'; Latin calque insectus. *tem- 'to cut' vs *sek- 'to cut' :- cf. Latin signum, Middle Irish tescaid 'he cuts, bites' ~ Latin æstumo (later æstimo) 'to value, rate, appraise, estimate', Welsh tam 'bite, piece'.

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Sat, December 4, 2004 - 10:37 AM

so what does this word mean then?

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  Entomos means 'cut into two pieces' and entomon means 'insect'.
  
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