Etymology

melittologist

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Ancient Greek μέλιττα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλιττα
  2. English todaymelittologist

From Ancient Greek μέλιττα (mélitta) + -o- + -logist.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέλιττα all →

melittologymelittophily

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