Etymology

From Middle French guespe, from Old French wespe, wapce ‎(“hornet, wasp”), from a conflation of Latin vespa ‎(“wasp”), and Old Frankish *wespa, *wapsa ‎(“wasp”), from Proto-Germanic *wapsijǭ, *wepsō- ‎(“wasp”); both from Proto-Indo-European *wops-, *wobz- ‎(“wasp”). Cognate with Old High German wefsa ‎(“wasp”), Old Saxon waspa, wespia ‎(“wasp”), Old English wæsp, wæps ‎(“wasp”). More at wasp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛp/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [ɡaɛ̯p]