Talk:instar

In case anyone wonders what "children in all their instars" has to do with arthropods: Nabokov was a lepidopterist, and several butterflies were named by or for him. PierreAbbat 06:31, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Latin instar
"A Manual of Latin Etymology" suggests that Latin instar < Greek ἰσότης "likeness" through Aeolic Greek ἰσταρ "likeness" < ἰσόταρ < ἰσότηρ < Homeric Greek ἰσότης "likeness": https://books.google.com/books?id=F1TaEAHjy1QC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=%22instar%22+%22etymology%22&source=bl&ots=08PCuJ_XyR&sig=3wYSJJ_Arc_1jRvSl3hew-guSak&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3xMCy7PnbAhXD54MKHcfoDXcQ6AEIhQEwCg#v=onepage&q=%22instar%22%20%22etymology%22&f=false