Reconstruction:Latin/colmena
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Celtic *kŏlmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”), and cognate with Latin culmus (“stalk; straw”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*colmēna f (plural *colmēnās) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “colmena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 137