The story
- French · borrowed frominsectivore
- English todayinsectivore
From French insectivore. In the zoological sense, coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French insectivore. The French terms reflect scientific New Latin origins. By surface analysis, insect + -i- + -vore.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.