Latin Root for Owl & Grasshopper?

Question

Hellooo,
Does anyone know the latin root word for Owl & Grasshopper? Or does anyone know what 2 words mean "owl-like" (having chatacteristics like/of an owl) or "grasshopper like" (having characteristics like/of a grasshopper)

Thank you :-)

Answer 1

The etymology of the word "owl" does not come from Latin, it comes from the Germanic languages.

Old English "ule", from P.Gmc. *uwwalon (cf. Du. uil, O.H.G. uwila, Ger. Eule, O.N. ugla), a dim. of root *uwwa, which is imitative of an owl's hoot (cf. L. ulula "owl;" cf. also ululation). The bird was employed proverbially and figuratively in ref. to nocturnal habits, ugliness, and appearance of gravity and wisdom (often ironic).


Grasshopper is also Germanic.

O.E. græs, gærs "herb, plant, grass," from P.Gmc. grasan (cf. O.N., Ger., Goth. gras), from PIE *ghros- "young shoot, sprout," from base *gro-/*gre- "that which grows" (cf. L. gramen "grass"); related to grow and green. Sense of "marijuana" is first recorded 1938, Amer.Eng. Grasshopper is O.E. gærshoppa (cf. M.Swed. gräshoppare, Ger. gräshupfer); as a term of reproach, from Eccl. xii.5.