Re: [tied] the bee

From: alex_lycos
Message: 21167
Date: 2003-04-21

Daniel J. Milton wrote:

>
> What's the accepted etymology for each of these in Rom., from your
> DEX or wherever?
> Dan


Rom. Eng. etym. cf. DEX
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albinã = bee = from Lat. alvina (beehive)
trântor = drone = like Slavic "trontU" =?
matcã = queen = like Bulgarian , Serbo-Croatian "matka"
roi = swarm = from Slavic "roj", or Bulgarian "roja" or
Serbo-Croat. "rojiti"
stup = behive = from Latin *stypus
prisacã = beefarm = unknown etymology
fagure = honeycomb = from Latin *favulus
cearã = wax = from Latin cera


Alex