vespo
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Wespe, English wasp, Yiddish וועספּ (vesp), Italian and Latin vespa, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wóps (“wasp”). Compare Romanian viespe, French guêpe, Dutch wesp, Latvian vapsene. Distantly related to Russian оса (osa), Polish osa, Welsh gwchi (“drone”).
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vespo (accusative singular vespon, plural vespoj, accusative plural vespojn)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto vespo, English wasp, French guêpe, German Wespe, Italian vespa, Spanish avispa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wapsō and Latin vespa respectively.
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Noun edit
vespo (plural vespi)