bee
Middle English
/beː/, /bøː/
noun
Definitions
- A bee insect that collects pollen
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bēo (I am, I become, I will be, bee) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bijō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bijō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibee English
- bee English
- bee fly English
- beebread English
- beebrush English
- beedom English
- beehive English
- beehiving English
- beehood English
- beehouse English
- beekeeper English
- beekeeping English
- beekind English
- beeless English
- beelike English
- beeline English
- beeling English
- beely English
- beemageddon English
- beemaster English
- beemother English
- beepocalypse English
- beeproof English
- beeskep English
- beeswarm English
- beewort English
- beey English
- beeyard English
- honeybee English
- humblebee English
- nanobee English
- queen bee English
- spelling bee English
- *bʰi- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰī- Proto-Indo-European
- *bijō Proto-Germanic
- ビー Japanese
- Beowulf Old English
- beobread Old English
- beoceorl Old English
- beogang Old English
- beomodor Old English
- beowyrt Old English
- bēo Old English
- feldbeo Old English
- bý Old Norse
- bīa Old High German
- *bīa Old Dutch
- bia Old Saxon
- pi Marshallese
- bē Old Frisian
- bi Tok Pisin
- bi Bislama