One of My Pet Peeves

[deirdre]

…is when indigenous words show up in dictionaries show up with derivations that are non-indigenous.

Today’s example: mosquito

ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca ‘fly.’

O rly.

And where did the Spanish get it?

(See also: desert.)

Ahh, didn’t expect to ragequit transcribing my notes from Nicaragua.

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