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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>"Locust" comes from the <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> <i>locusta</i>, meaning both "<a href="/facts/Locust/Wrh5AcDL">locust</a>" (the insect) and "<a href="/facts/Lobster/c5eYu72w">lobster</a>". By analogy with a <a href="/facts/Levant/uuJLt3Af">Levantine</a> use of the <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> word for the insect, <i>akris</i>, for the pods of the carob tree, which supposedly resembled it, the pod-bearing North American tree started to be called "locust" in the 1630s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Harper, Douglas (ed.). "locust (n.2)". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 24 March 2021. <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/locust#etymonline_v_12381" target="_blank">https://www.etymonline.com/word/locust#etymonline_v_12381</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>