swarm
Middle English
/swarm/
noun
Definitions
- A swarm (large, moving group of bees)
- (rare) A large group of people.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English swearm (multitude, swarm) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (swarm, dizziness).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swarmaz
Gloss
swarm, dizziness
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterswarm English
- aswarm English
- beeswarm English
- multiswarm English
- nanoswarm English
- overswarm English
- subswarm English
- swarm English
- swarmer English
- swarmeth English
- swarmspore English
- swarmy English
- upswarm English
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- *swarmaz Proto-Germanic
- swearm Old English
- swierman Old English
- swarmen Middle English
- svarmr Old Norse
- swarm Old High German
- *swarm Old Dutch
- *swarm Old Frisian