Vespiary
/ˈvɛs.pi.ə.ri/noun
A nest or colony of wasps.
Did you know?“Vespiary” belongs to the same ancient word family as Latin vespa, the source of the scientific wasp genus name Vespa.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wopsā
“A reconstructed word for wasp or a stinging insect.”
Ancient Latin
Latin
vespa
“Wasp.”
Old English
Old English
wæfs / wæps
“Wasp; a stinging flying insect.”
Middle English
English
wasp
“Wasp, developing from earlier forms such as waps and wasps.”
19th Century
Scientific English
vespiary
“A nest or colony of wasps, formed from Latin vespa with the noun-forming suffix -ary.”
Modern English
English
vespiary
“A wasp nest or wasp colony.”