entomology English · revision 860

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌɛntəˈmɒlədʒi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|entomologie]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from [[la-new|entomologia]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU) coined from [[grc|ἔντομον|tr=éntomon|t=insect]] and ''-logie'' “study of”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) ''Éntomon'' is the neuter of ''éntomos'' “cut up, notched”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from ''en-'' “in” and ''témnein'' “to cut”,^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) because Aristotle named insects for the segmented division of their bodies.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The Latin loan translation of the Greek word gave [[insect]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The branch of natural history dealing with insects (1764 in Etymonline; 1766 in the OED, Barnhart and Merriam-Webster).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The French word was coined in 1764.^(Etymonline) A rival hybrid ''insectology'' (from French ''insectologie'') was used in 1766 by Charles Bonnet's English translator, who admitted that ''entomology'' would have been more suitable but found its sound barbarous;^(Etymonline) ''insectology'' did not catch on.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1764 – French ''entomologie''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1766 – the study of insects.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The branch of [[zoology]] that studies [[insect|alt=insects]], and sometimes other [[arthropod|alt=arthropods]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[entomologic]]

+ * [[entomologically]]

+ * [[entomologist]]

+ * [[entomological]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entomo-]]

+ * [[entomofauna]]

+ * [[entomophagous]]

+ * [[entomophagy]]

+ * [[entomophilous]]

+ * [[insect]]

+ * [[anatomy]]

+ * [[tome]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Not to be confused with [[etymology]], the study of word origins.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}