Etymology

waspish

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Today it means: Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp. Full definition →

English wasp ← Middle English wasp ← Old English wæps
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waspish · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wóbʰseh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*wapsō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*wapsu
  5. Old Englishwæps
  6. Middle Englishwasp
  7. Englishwasp
  8. English todaywaspish

From wasp + -ish.

WASPish · adjective2

From WASP + -ish.

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