The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλιττα“bee”
- English todaymelittology
Ancient Greek μέλιττα (mélitta, “bee”) and -λογία (-logía, “study, -logy”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέλιττα all →
melittologistmelittophily
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.