entomology or etymology

Entomology is the study of insects, like ants (“ant” looks like “ent-”)but etymology is the study of the history of words (from Greek,originally meaning “the true meaning of words”).

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• seam vs seem
• ninty vs ninety
• heal vs heel
• extend vs extent
• swam vs swum
• writting vs writing
• practicle vs practical
• absorbtion vs absorption
• dateline vs deadline
• appauled vs appalled

Definitions

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• n  the branch of zoology that studies insects

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• n  a history of a word
• n  the study of the sources and development of words

News & Articles

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• Study Identifies Most Effective Natural Bed Bug Killer
  Rutgers University Entomology Laboratory identified Renotech Inc.'s product as a superior treatment for bed bugs. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013best_bed_bug_killer/ecoraider/prweb10786974.htm
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• VIDEO: Green Meadows Girl Scout Council: Big Grove Day Camp
  Brownie_Dance.jpeg The Green Meadows Girl Scout Council hosted Brownies, Jr. Girl Scouts and Girl Scouts at the Big Grove Day Camp at Homer Lake on Wednesday June 12, 2013. Girls participated in hiking, games, a tour of the Illinois Natural History Survey's traveling science center and a bug demonstrated by entomology students from the University of Illinois. Videographer/Producer:  John Dixon
  June 12, 2013 - The Champaign News-Gazette
• Green Meadows Girl Scout Council: Big Grove Day Camp
  Brownie_Dance.jpeg The Green Meadows Girl Scout Council hosted Brownies, Jr. Girl Scouts and Girl Scouts at the Big Grove Day Camp at Homer Lake on Wednesday June 12, 2013. Girls participated in hiking, games, a tour of the Illinois Natural History Survey's traveling science center and a bug demonstrated by entomology students from the University of Illinois. Videographer/Producer:  John Dixon
  June 12, 2013 - The Champaign News-Gazette

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• Why you feel bad about money: Ostrogoths.
  If you ever feel bad about money, well, you should—at least as far as its etymology is concerned. Debt, unmet obligations, war, bloodshed, and sin have been woven into our ideas about money since the very ...
  June 7, 2013 - Quartz via Yahoo! Finance
• Why you feel bad about money: Ostrogoths.
  If you ever feel bad about money, well, you should—at least as far as its etymology is concerned. Debt, unmet obligations, war, bloodshed, and sin have been woven into our ideas about money since the very ...
  June 7, 2013 - Quartz via Yahoo! Finance