guêpe

Signification (English)

wasp

Synonyms

abeille

🐝

frelon

axis

axe

thème

guêpes

Vespidae

guepe

vespidae

white anglo-saxon protestant

abeille à miel

essieu

motif

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɛp/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen français: guespe

Inherited from ancien français: guespe

Inherited from latin: vespa

Cognate with espagnol: avispa

Cognate with portugais: vespa

Cognate with italien: vespa

Cognate with ancien haut allemand: wefsa

Cognate with Old Saxon: waspa

Cognate with ancien anglais: wæsp

Cognate with anglais: wasp

In summary

Inherited from Middle French guespe, from Old French guespe, wespe, wapce (“hornet, wasp”), from a conflation of Latin vespa (“wasp”), and Frankish *wespa, *wapsa (“wasp”), from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”); both from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from *wóps (“wasp”).
Cognate with Spanish avispa (“wasp”), Portuguese vespa (“wasp”), Italian vespa (“wasp”), Old High German wefsa (“wasp”), Old Saxon waspa, wespia (“wasp”), Old English wæsp, wæps (“wasp”), (whence English wasp). More at wasp.