insekts
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- insect arthropod with a three-part body, three pairs of legs, sometimes also wings (Order: insecta), less specifically, also other kinds of arthropods, such as spiders
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin insectum (cut up, insect, with a divided body).
Origin
Latin
insectum
Gloss
cut up, insect, with a divided body
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
虫, 昆
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- insectivorous English
- entomologia Latin
- insectum Latin
- īnsectum Latin
- entomoloog Dutch, Flemish
- kerfdier Dutch, Flemish
- entomologie French
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- ἔντομον Ancient Greek
- entomolog Norwegian Bokmål
- entomologi Norwegian Bokmål
- entomolog Norwegian Nynorsk
- entomologi Norwegian Nynorsk
- insekt Serbo-Croatian
- entomoloxía Galician
- έντομο Greek (modern)
- nzettu Sicilian