Feminine

colmeia

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kowˈmɛj.ɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese colmẽa, inherited from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, from Paleo-Hispanic, most likely from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea and Spanish colmena.

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