{"era":"current","word":"moth","meaning":"a usually nocturnal insect in the order Lepidoptera","children":[{"era":"1100s–1400s","word":"Middle English moth","meaning":"moth","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Old English moþþe / mohþe / mohþa","meaning":"destructive insect larva; moth","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Proto-West Germanic *moþþō / *mottō","meaning":"moth","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"Proto-Germanic *muþþô / *muttô","meaning":"moth; worm","children":[{"era":"8000s–3000s BCE","word":"Proto-Indo-European *mut-","meaning":"worm","children":[],"language":"Proto-Indo-European"}],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Proto-West Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}