köken: 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.
köken: From *bȫgček, where -ček is a diminutive suffix, from Proto-Turkic *bȫg (“insect”). Cognate with Tatar бөҗәк (böcäk, “insect”), Kazakh бөжек (böjek, “insect”), Azerbaijani böcək, Turkmen möjek, Crimean Tatar böcek, Turkish böcek (“insect”), etc.
insect, arthropod of the class Insecta · bug (any small arthropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect)
çekim: çoğul insecten
köken: Originally having a wider meaning (sense 2), as in Aristotle. From Latin īnsectum (“bug; cut up”), from īnsecō (“to cut up into”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “bug”), from ἔντομος (éntomos).
insect (arthropod of class Insecta) · insect; bug (any small arthropod) · insect (a contemptible or powerless person)
çekim: çoğul insetos
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin īn- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin īnsecō Latin īnsectus Latin īnsectumlbor. Portuguese inseto Learned borrowing from Latin īnsectō.
vermin (insect) · insect (any arthropod of class Insecta)
çekim: çoğul insekty · tamlayan insekta
eş: owad, robak, robal
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin īn- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin īnsecō Latin īnsectus Latin īnsectumlbor. Polish insekt Learned borrowing from Latin īnsectum.
köken: hyönte- + -inen. Derived from the same root as the dialectal words hyöntemet (“(snow)flakes”), hyönti (“flake”), hyönätä (“to bustle, scurry”). Ultimate origin unknown.
köken: Blend of rovátkolt + barom, after the synonymous Latin insectum (“insect; literally, ‘notched one’”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.