KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -The Latin word was introduced by Pliny the Elder who calqued the Ancient Greek word éntomon “insect” (as in entomology) from éntomos “cut into sections” or “cut in pieces"; éntomon was Aristotle’s term for this class of life, also in reference to their “notched” bodies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pliny the Elder created the word, translating the Greek word (entomos) or insect (as in entomology, which was Aristotle’s term for this class of life), also in reference to their “notched” bodies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Entomology (from Ancient Greek (entomon) ‘insect’, and- (-logia) ‘study of’) is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term ‘insect’ is derived from the Latin word insectum which means ‘cut into’. Insects came into earth 480 million years ago.