Bumblebee
[ˈbʌmbəˌbiː]Meaning
English word for a large bee of the genus Bombus
Background Story
The word is recorded in English from the 1520s, formed from bumble and bee and replacing the earlier Middle English humbul-be, and it merged with Middle English bombeln, meaning "to boom, buzz". The same word also names a mid yellow colour and a layered drink of orange juice and espresso whose name is a semantic loan from Ukrainian джміль. A user-submitted entry records bumblebee as a given name used in popular culture, for both masculine and feminine names.
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