gésp

See also: gesp

Gallo

Etymology

From Gallo-Romance *wespa (compare French guêpe), a conflation of Latin vespa with a Germanic word (compare Old High German wafsa), both from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”) (referring to the insect's woven nests).

Noun

gésp f (plural gésps)

  1. wasp
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