Latin musca → Spanish mosca → mosquito
Spanish mosquito is a diminutive of mosca, the word for fly. English borrowed this small-sounding name for an insect whose bite can feel anything but small.
Latin musca → Spanish mosca → mosquito
Spanish mosquito is a diminutive of mosca, the word for fly. English borrowed this small-sounding name for an insect whose bite can feel anything but small.
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