The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλισσα“bee, honey”
- English todaymelissic
From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey”). By surface analysis, meliss- + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέλισσα all →
melissameliss-melisso-melissopalynologymelissophobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.