humblebee

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humblebee

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From Middle English humbul-be, humbulbe, hombul-be, from *humbul (“bumblebee”) + be (“bee”).

See also West Frisian hommel (“bumblebee”), Dutch hommel (“bumblebee”), German Low German Hummel (“bumblebee”), German Hummel (“bumblebee”), Swedish humla (“bumblebee”), Norwegian humle (“bumblebee”); also cognate with Dutch hommelbij (“bumblebee”), Danish humlebi (“bumblebee”). Compare also English humble (“to hum”).

noun humblebees · humble-bee

archaic A bumblebee. The Fox, the Ape, and the Humble-Bee, Were ſtill at oddes being but three.

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@misc{humblebee_2026,
  title = {humblebee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/humblebee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}