The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβοῦς“ox”
- English todaybugonia
From Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γονή (gonḗ, “progeny”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβοῦς all →
buphthalmos
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bugonia
Today it means: An ancient Mediterranean ritual based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass. Full definition →
Ancient Greek βοῦς