avispa

(Inglese)

Noun

1. (feminine) wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita)
2. (colloquial, feminine) quick-tempered person

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of avispar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of avispar:

avispar

1. (transitive) to spur on; egg on
2. (transitive) to make clever

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Con il trattino come

a‧vis‧pa

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/aˈbispa/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da Old Spanish: biespa

Ereditato da latino: vespa

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂der.
Latin vespa
Old Spanish biespa
Latin apis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -cula
Latin apicula
Old Spanish abeja
Spanish abejainflu.
Spanish avispa
Inherited from Old Spanish biespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”). The initial /a/ may have been added by analogy with abeja (“bee”). For the development of the stressed vowel, compare víspera, níspero. Doublet of vespa.

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