Where does “москитный” come from?
москитный (Russian) comes from Russian моски́т, from Spanish Mosquito, from Old Spanish mosquito, from Old Spanish mosca, from Latin musca, from Ancient Greek μυῖα, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
москитный (Russian): sandfly, phlebotomine (any fly of the subfamily Phlebotominae), mosquito, gnat
Definitions
- sandfly, phlebotomine (any fly of the subfamily Phlebotominae), mosquito, gnat