Proto-Indo-European

*bʰey-

‘bee’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-, most familiar first.

• bee ← be ← bēo ← *bijā ← *bijǭ
• humblebee ← humbul-be ← be ← bēo ← *bijā
• spheksophobia ← σφήξ
• sphex ← σφήξ
• sphecoid ← Sphecidae ← σφήξ

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-