Entomo- Definition

Origin of Entomo-

• French from Greek entomon from neuter of entomos cut in two (from its segmented body) from entemnein to cut up en- in en–² temnein to cut tem- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Fr < Gr entoma (zōa), notched (animals), insects < entomos, cut, notched (< en, in) + temnein, to cut (see -tomy); so named from their structure: see insect

  From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

• Combining form of Ancient Greek ἔντομος (entomos, “dissected”) (the neuter plural of which, ἔντομα (entoma), was used to mean "insects").

  From Wiktionary