Entomophagy
/ˌɛntəˈmɒfədʒi/noun
The practice of eating insects as food.
Did you know?The Greek word for insect, entomon, literally described something “cut into,” referring to the visibly segmented bodies of insects.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tem-
“To cut”
Ancient Greek
Greek
éntomon
“An insect; literally, something cut into or segmented”
Ancient Greek
Greek
phageîn
“To eat or consume”
19th Century
Scientific Greek
entomophagia
“The eating of insects, formed from entomon and phagein”
Modern English
English
entomophagy
“The practice of eating insects”