avispa

wasp (any of many types of stinging flying insects resembling a hornet, normally of the suborder Apocrita); quick-tempered person

“Abiſpa, a waſpe, Veſpa.” — Avispa, a wasp, Vespa.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂der. Latin vespa Old Spanish biespa ▲ Spanish abejainflu. Spanish avispa Inherited from Old Spanish biespa, from Latin vespa (“wasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”). 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.