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Etymology · Proto-West Germanic

*bōni

2 English words descend from Proto-West Germanic *bōni, most common first.

benA prayer; a petition.
beeA flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.