guespe
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
- French: guêpe
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a conflation of Latin vespa and Old Frankish *wespa, *wapsa (“wasp”), from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”).
Noun
guespe oblique singular, f (oblique plural guespes, nominative singular guespe, nominative plural guespes)
- wasp (insect)
Descendants
Categories:
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms inherited from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Frankish
- Middle French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French feminine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Frankish
- Old French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns