kerfdier.
insect
Meaning & usage
insect
Where this word comes from
Calque of German Kerbtier (“insect”), a calque of Latin insectum. By surface analysis, kerven (“to cut, carve”) + dier (“animal, creature”). First suggested by Joännes Lublink de jonge in 1787.
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