Lemizh / English dictionary

entàw.

to make insects

Etymology

< NLem entom‑a, academic loan of
< Koi ἔντομ‑ον
< SHell *én‑tom‑on, nominalisation, compound of
  SHell *en ‘in’
< PIE *h₁en
 —and—
  SHell *tm̥n‑ō ‘cut’, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *temh₁‑

see also marnà.

Cognates

Eng in; Eng contempt (via Lat con‑temnō ‘despise’)
Eng insect comes from the Lat calque of Gk ἔντομον.