avispa
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- wasp any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet
- crafty person; one who angers easily
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish biespa inherited from Latin vespa (wasp) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (wasp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wobʰseh₂
Gloss
wasp
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vespiary English
- *vespis Latin
- vespa Latin
- vespam Latin
- vespārium Latin
- vespa Italian
- avispar Spanish, Castilian
- avispero Spanish, Castilian
- avispilla Spanish, Castilian
- avispón Spanish, Castilian
- *Heu- Proto-Indo-European
- *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wobʰseh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wapsō Proto-Germanic
- *wepsō- Proto-Germanic
- *osa Proto-Slavic
- guespe Old French
- vespe Old French
- wespe Old French
- avespa Galician
- viespe Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vespa Old Portuguese
- wespa Old Saxon
- *wospā Proto-Italic
- aviespa Asturian
- gjespe Friulian
- *wespa Frankish
- vespa Old Occitan
- biespa Old Spanish
- vespa Sicilian
- gueîpe Bourguignon
- wobse Old Prussian
- vépre Franc-Comtois