vespo

Borrowed from German Wespe, English wasp, Yiddish וועספּ (vesp), Italian and Latin vespa, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”). Compare Romanian viespe, French guêpe, Dutch wesp, Latvian vapsene. Distantly related to Russian оса (osa), Polish osa, Welsh gwchi (“drone”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvespo/
• Rhymes: -espo
• Hyphenation: ves‧po

vespo (accusative singular vespon, plural vespoj, accusative plural vespojn)

1. wasp

• abelo (“bee”)
• krabro (“hornet”)

Borrowed from Esperanto vespo, English wasp, French guêpe, German Wespe, Italian vespa, Spanish avispa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wapsō and Latin vespa respectively.

• IPA^(key): /ˈves.po/

vespo (plural vespi)

1. wasp