mosquito
English
/məˈski.toʊ/, /mɒsˈkiː.təʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian mosquito (gnat, small fly) derived from Latin musca (fly, a fly) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (gnat, stinging fly, fly).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mūs-
Gloss
gnat, stinging fly, fly
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Musca English
- antimosquito English
- fish English
- mosquitarium English
- mosquitocide English
- mosquitoed English
- mosquitoey English
- mosquitofish English
- mosquitogenic English
- mosquitoless English
- muscarine English
- muschetor English
- musca Latin
- muscarium Latin
- Moskito German
- mosca Italian
- muskiet Dutch, Flemish
- antimoustique French
- démoustiquer French
- moustiquaire French
- moustique French
- моски́т Russian
- mosca Spanish, Castilian
- mosquitero Spanish, Castilian
- mosquito Spanish, Castilian
- *mus- Proto-Indo-European
- *mūs- Proto-Indo-European
- mosquito Portuguese
- *mūs Proto-Germanic
- moskit Polish
- mousche Old French
- musche Old French
- mosquit Catalan, Valencian
- muscă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- moskīts Latvian
- moskito Ido
- mushkonjë Albanian
- musca Old Dutch
- mosca Old Portuguese
- muscã Aromanian
- mushconj Aromanian
- mostga Romansh
- muos-cha Romansh
- mustga Romansh
- mosca Asturian
- moscje Friulian
- mosca Old Occitan
- moquito Old Spanish
- mosca Old Spanish
- mósca Venetian
- moskito Tok Pisin
- muasca Dalmatian
- מושקה Ladino
- mustik Mauritian Creole
- môche Bourguignon
- moustik Seychellois Creole
- moschetto roa-oit