Melissa

English

/məˈlɪsə/

proper noun

Definitions

(Greek god) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μέλισσα (bee, honey bee, or honeybee, honey).

Origin

Ancient Greek

μέλισσα

Gloss

bee, honey bee, or honeybee, honey

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

蜜

Emoji

🐝

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

melissa Latin
μέλι Ancient Greek
μέλισσα Ancient Greek
μελισσόφυλλον Ancient Greek
*mélit Proto-Indo-European
melisse Norwegian Bokmål
melisse Norwegian Nynorsk
Melissa Translingual