English
hivemate
From hive + -mate.
Formed from hive + -mate
Proto-Indo-European *kew- ‘to bend, curve’
Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- ‘water vessel’
Proto-West Germanic *hūfi ‘beehive’
Old English hȳf ‘beehive’
Middle English hyve
English hive
Today it means
noun A bee (or other creature) that occupies the same hive as another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hivemate