English word mosquito comes from Proto-Indo-European *meus-, and later Old Spanish mosca (Fly.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *meus- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | moss |
| musca | Latin (lat) | (transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying people. A fly (insect). |
| mosca | Old Spanish (osp) | Fly. |
| mosca | Spanish (es) | (boxing) fly (boxing class). (television) digital on-screen graphic. Fly. |
| mosquito | Old Spanish (osp) | ; a mosquito. |
| mosquito | Spanish (es) | , small fly. Gnat. Mosquito. |
| mosquito | English (en) | To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course. 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. |