Morpheme
Musqu
Type
bound base
Denotation
fly
Etymology
Spanish mosquito, from mosca + -ito; Latin musca
Evidence
antimosquito, mosquital, mosquitarium, mosquito, mosquitocide, mosquitoed, mosquitoes, mosquitoey, mosquitofish, mosquitogenic, mosquitoing, mosquitoish, mosquitoless, mosquitoproof, mosquitos
Modern Base Analysis
<Mosquite> denoting “mosquito”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -ital, -itarium
from mosquito (<Mosqu + -ito>), from Spanish mosquito, from mosca + -ito; Latin musca
mosquital, mosquitarium
