colmena
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, most likely from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea and Portuguese colmeia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
colmena f (plural colmenas)
Derived terms edit
- colmenar (“apiary”)
- colmenero (“beekeeper”)
- colmenilla
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “colmena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014