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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French guespe, wespe, from a conflation of Latin vespa and Old Frankish *wespa, *wapsa (“wasp”), from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”).
Noun
guespe f (plural guespes)
- wasp (insect)
Descendants
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a conflation of Latin vespa and Frankish *wapsu, *wepsu (“wasp”), from Proto-Germanic *wapsō, *wepsō (“wasp”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from *wóps.
Noun
guespe oblique singular, f (oblique plural guespes, nominative singular guespe, nominative plural guespes)
- wasp (insect)
Descendants