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== Etymology == The [[modern English]] word ''moth'' comes from [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|moððe}} ([[cf.]] [[Northumbrian Old English|Northumbrian]] {{lang|ang|mohðe}}) from [[Common Germanic]] (compare [[Old Norse]] {{lang|non|motti}}, [[Dutch language|Dutch]] {{lang|nl|mot}}, and [[German language|German]] {{lang|de|Motte}} all meaning 'moth'). Its origins are possibly related to the Old English {{lang|ang|maða}} meaning '[[maggot]]' or from the root of ''[[midge]]'' which until the 16th century was used mostly to indicate the [[larva]], usually in reference to devouring clothes.
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