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ladybug (n.)
1690s, from
lady
+
bug
(n.). The "lady" is the Virgin Mary (compare German cognate
Marienkäfer
). In Britain, now usually
ladybird beetle
(1704), through aversion to the word
bug
, which there has overtones of sodomy.