Entomology

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[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Because i love this kind of stupid joke. Here is the etymology of entomology

"the branch of zoology which treats of insects," 1764, from French entomologie (1764), coined from -logie "study of" (see -logy) + Greek entomon "insect," neuter of entomos "cut in pieces, cut up," in this case "having a notch or cut (at the waist)," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + temnein "to cut" (from PIE root *tem- "to cut").