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Published: October 12, 2006
Entomology and Etymology. The same profession? No, absolutely not. The two are totally separate areas of study. Hopefully these explanations are clear.
Gary Dunn, M.S. wrote a very extensive explanation of the work of an entomologist. Entomology is the study of insects. Some scientists study the good kind of insects: honey bees, silkworms, and beetles. Others study the different kinds of pests in forests, agriculture, and in medicine among other places. Most of all, entomologists work in all areas of science: in the classroom, performing research in the lab as well as in the field, in museums, and performing consulting work. Entomologists research insects in order to gain a better understanding about insects. Scientists study the reactions of insecticides, pollination, anatomy, classification, etc.
The number of entomologists in the world is approximately 8,000; those include both men and women. The education needed to become an entomologist includes studying math and all areas of science, not just one area of science. Biology, zoology, chemistry, botany, and ecology are all needed to be well educated in animal life because entomology doesn't deal with insects alone. It deals with how insects interact with other plant and animal life.
Entomologists help farmers in preventing pests from harming crops. They help foresters in keeping trees and plants safe. Other entomologists sell insecticides to help keep pests away from needed vegetation. Some entomologists work in the military as experts in insect and plant life. Therefore, an entomologist can have a career as a bee keeper museum curator, military expert, insecticide salesperson, researcher, science professor, or even pest enforcement. This includes the quarantine of dangerous pests before they enter the United States from foreign countries.
Conversely, Etymology is the study of word origins. This is totally separate from the science of insects, Entomology. Etymologists are linguists who study a word's origins back to the first time the word was printed. They use both fact and hypothesis to retrace the steps of the words to when they entered their respective language. That language can be English as well as European, Persian, Greek, Latin, and even Sanskrit. Etymology is also called historical morphology.
Etymologist Anatoly Liberman writes a weekly column for the Oxford University Press' blog. According to Liberman, the study of word origins is an area that is always interesting and for most researchers, it's in the blood. "Fortunately, the general public had no notion of what went on in the halls of Academia and retained its interest in word origins, an interest that is inborn in us. People have been asking where words came from since the beginning of recorded time. Etymology is rarely taught on our campuses, but the shelves of even small libraries are well stocked with books on the loom of language and the romance of words. Healthy instincts are ineradicable and pay no attention to fads and fashions. As an active etymologist I receive queries from all over the world. Even when predictable, they are thought provoking."
Entomologists study insects in order to improve the scientific community. Etymologists study word origins in order to gain an understanding of various languages. Their work is insightful and no doubt passionate. Plus, the two different areas of study seem to have plenty of research left to do in their respective fields.
Dunn, Gary A. "Careers in Entomology." Young Entomologists Society. Members.AOL.com. October 12, 2006. http://members.aol.com/YESedu/careers.html
"Etymology." Dictionary.com. Copyright 2006. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. October 12, 2006. http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/ e50.html
"Etymologist." About.com Encyclopedia. About, Inc. October 12, 2006. http://experts.about.com/e/e/et/Etymologist.htm
Liberman, Anatoly. "The Oxford Etymologist." Languagehat. March 1, 2006. Languagehat.com. October 12, 2006. http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002290.php
Gary Dunn, M.S. wrote a very extensive explanation of the work of an entomologist. Entomology is the study of insects. Some scientists study the good kind of insects: honey bees, silkworms, and beetles. Others study the different kinds of pests in forests, agriculture, and in medicine among other places. Most of all, entomologists work in all areas of science: in the classroom, performing research in the lab as well as in the field, in museums, and performing consulting work. Entomologists research insects in order to gain a better understanding about insects. Scientists study the reactions of insecticides, pollination, anatomy, classification, etc.
The number of entomologists in the world is approximately 8,000; those include both men and women. The education needed to become an entomologist includes studying math and all areas of science, not just one area of science. Biology, zoology, chemistry, botany, and ecology are all needed to be well educated in animal life because entomology doesn't deal with insects alone. It deals with how insects interact with other plant and animal life.
Entomologists help farmers in preventing pests from harming crops. They help foresters in keeping trees and plants safe. Other entomologists sell insecticides to help keep pests away from needed vegetation. Some entomologists work in the military as experts in insect and plant life. Therefore, an entomologist can have a career as a bee keeper museum curator, military expert, insecticide salesperson, researcher, science professor, or even pest enforcement. This includes the quarantine of dangerous pests before they enter the United States from foreign countries.
Conversely, Etymology is the study of word origins. This is totally separate from the science of insects, Entomology. Etymologists are linguists who study a word's origins back to the first time the word was printed. They use both fact and hypothesis to retrace the steps of the words to when they entered their respective language. That language can be English as well as European, Persian, Greek, Latin, and even Sanskrit. Etymology is also called historical morphology.
Etymologist Anatoly Liberman writes a weekly column for the Oxford University Press' blog. According to Liberman, the study of word origins is an area that is always interesting and for most researchers, it's in the blood. "Fortunately, the general public had no notion of what went on in the halls of Academia and retained its interest in word origins, an interest that is inborn in us. People have been asking where words came from since the beginning of recorded time. Etymology is rarely taught on our campuses, but the shelves of even small libraries are well stocked with books on the loom of language and the romance of words. Healthy instincts are ineradicable and pay no attention to fads and fashions. As an active etymologist I receive queries from all over the world. Even when predictable, they are thought provoking."
Entomologists study insects in order to improve the scientific community. Etymologists study word origins in order to gain an understanding of various languages. Their work is insightful and no doubt passionate. Plus, the two different areas of study seem to have plenty of research left to do in their respective fields.
Dunn, Gary A. "Careers in Entomology." Young Entomologists Society. Members.AOL.com. October 12, 2006. http://members.aol.com/YESedu/careers.html
"Etymology." Dictionary.com. Copyright 2006. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. October 12, 2006. http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/ e50.html
"Etymologist." About.com Encyclopedia. About, Inc. October 12, 2006. http://experts.about.com/e/e/et/Etymologist.htm
Liberman, Anatoly. "The Oxford Etymologist." Languagehat. March 1, 2006. Languagehat.com. October 12, 2006. http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002290.php
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