viespe

Romanian
viespe

Alternative forms
  • veaspă (regional, rare)

Etymology

From Latin vespa, either through a Vulgar Latin intermediate form *vespis, or more likely remade from the plural of the original singular Romanian form, viaspă, veaspă, now rare, archaic, or regional, e.g. in Moldova. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”).

Noun

viespe f (plural viespi)

  1. wasp (insect)
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