Etymology

beehive

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Today it means: Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young. Full definition →

Middle English beehyve
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beehive · noun, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited frombeehyve
  2. English todaybeehive

From Middle English beehyve, equivalent to bee + hive.

Beehive · noun, proper noun2

From beehive.

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