Sunday, January 25, 2004
EVER LOOKED AT THE LOBSTER ON YOUR PLATE AND THOUGHT: "This is nothing more than a giant sea insect?" Well, according to "Etymologically Speaking," that's where the actual word lobster comes from:
LobsterMmmm! Lobster!
From the Latin "locusta," meaning, "locust." The OED adds, "The Latin word orig. denotes a lobster or some similar crustacean, the application to the locust being suggested by the resemblance in shape."