Where does “insectageddon” come from?

insectageddon (English) comes from English insect, from Middle French insecte, from Latin īnsectum, from Latin insectus, from Ancient Greek ἔντομον, from Ancient Greek ἔντομος, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

insectageddon (English): A hypothetical worldwide disaster that would happen due to many insect species going extinct, as for example if the Holocene extinction remains unchecked

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical worldwide disaster that would happen due to many insect species going extinct, as for example if the Holocene extinction remains unchecked

Ancestry of “insectageddon”, step by step

insectageddon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English insect

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinsectAn arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized...
2Middle Frenchinsecte
3Latinīnsectuminsect
4Latininsectuscut up or into, having been cut up or into;...
5Ancient Greekἔντομονmasculine/feminine accusative singular of...
6Ancient Greekἔντομοςcut in pieces, cut up
7Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
8Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
9Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
10Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
11Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
12Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
13Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via English armageddon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharmageddonThe scene of a decisive conflict on a great...
2EnglishArmageddonthe end of the world
3Ancient GreekἉρμαγεδών
4Hebrewהר מגידוmountain of Megiddo
5Hebrewהַרmountain of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐν-
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