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colmena.

beehive

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/kolˈmena/[kolˈme.na]

  1. beehive

    feminine

  2. swarm of bees living in a beehive

    broadly · feminine

  3. crowded place

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂m̥ Proto-Celtic *kolmos Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Celtic *-īnos Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā Hispano-Celticbor.? Vulgar Latin *colmēna Old Spanish colmena Spanish colmena Inherited from Old Spanish colmena, from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, probably a borrowing from a Hispano-Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, from *kolmos (“straw”) + *-īnā (relational suffix). Doublet of cuelmo (“torch”).

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