The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπάλη
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλισσα
- English todaymelissopalynology
From melisso- + palyno- + -logy, from Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa) and Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē). By surface analysis, melisso- + palyno- + -log + -y.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέλισσα all →
melissameliss-melissicmelisso-melissophobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.