Name: English Tutor Nick P Word Origins (27) Ladybug
Uploaded: 2019-05-14T14:21:59.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick  P and this is Word Origins 27. The word origin today is

ladybug. Yeah. So I don't know. Did you ever wonder why we called ladybug,  a

ladybug  ?Where did the lady come from I know that seems kind of strange. So

that's what we're going to discuss today.  All right. Let's take a look at the note

here. The word bug in the name is obvious,  because ladybug is a type of beetle. The

word lady in the name is a reference to the Virgin Mary,  Mother of Jesus. This is

actually a bit surprising that this is where the lady comes from in ladybug. So

it's actually a little bit of her a religious association here. All right. Let's

continue. There are two possible versions about how the name got associated with

the bug. Okay the particular species that originally got the name was the seven

spotted coccinella  semtempuneta. Well hopefully I pronounced that correctly..

That type of a beetle. So it actually had seven spots. Yeah.  I could always remember

when I was a kid they always used to tell you that you know this spots was

the age of the beetle or something like that but of course that's probably not

correct. But but the seven spots was why the first or the first one is why they

connected it with the Virgin Mary. So let's continue here. Mostly native to

Europe. So this particular  ladybug is mostly found in Europe. Some associated

the seven spots to the Seven Sorrows that Mary,  the mother of Jesus suffered.

Yeah. So in the Catholic religion , there is you know,  they sometimes talk about the Seven

Sorrows throughout her life Mary,  the mother of Jesus had seven times where

she suffered very painful events.You know one of them was when they had to

escape. You know with when I think Herod was going to try to

kill all the babies. Another time when Jesus was lost, And he and and I think

three of the times alone had to do with the crucifixion. So but anyway. Let's,

let's continue. Seven spots,  All right,  So the Seven Sorrows are different episodes

Mary had to bear through her life and while witnessing the crucifixion and the

burial of Jesus. Yeah.  so of course when he's crucified on the

cross and I think when he was stabbed with the spear and then actually burying

him. So those were those were three that were directly connected just to the

death of Jesus. All right. Anyway,  let's continue. There is a second idea about it

but of course they're both connected to you know the Virgin Mary. So the second

belief of the origin comes from a famous legend during the Middle Ages. A plague

of insects were killing crops and many farmers prayed to Our Lady and they

prayed. They prayed to the Virgin Mary or the Blessed Mother it's another way that

we refer to the Virgin Mary. Their prayers were eventually answered with

the sudden appearance of thousands of ladybugs that came to attack and feed on

the aphids. Okay. That's the insect that was destroying all the crops. So you

know see,  it seemed almost like a miracle.  They suddenly appeared and they came

and they ate it and you know,  the crops were saved. The harvest was saved that is what

led to the name of ladybug. So it is actually quite an interesting story.

Sometimes you know , sometimes ladybug has some other names too. Although in the

US ladybug is the main name. Sometimes it is also referred to as lady bird , lady

beetle , lady cow.  I didn't know some of these and cow lady. Anyway,  I hope you got

it.  I hope you found it to be interesting.  Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.