abeille

Middle French

noun

Definitions

honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan abelha derived from Latin apicula (small bee).

Origin

Latin

apicula

Gloss

small bee

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*apicla Latin
*apicla, *apẹcla Latin
apicula Latin
abeille French
abelo Esperanto
abelha Occitan
avieul Romansh
abeya Asturian
abelha Old Occitan
aiville Bourguignon