Etymology

bedbug

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Today it means: A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep. Full definition →

English bug ← Middle English bed ← Old English bedd
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*badją
  2. Proto-West Germanic*badi
  3. Old Englishbedd
  4. Middle Englishbed
  5. Englishbed
  6. Englishbug
  7. English todaybedbug

From bed + bug.

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