Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*ǵómbʰos
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos, most common first.
- combA toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
- honeycombA substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.
- zubrOne of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use.
- kemptOf a person's beard or hair: combed.
- tryzubA trident emblem representing Ukraine.