Old English · noun
beomodor
Normalised bēomōdor
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈbe͜oːˌmoː.dor/
- Syllables
- ˈbe͜oː · ˌmoː · dor (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- beemotherqueen beequeenbee
Meaning
-
queen bee
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bijamōder, equivalent to bēo + mōdor. Cognate with Old High German bīmuoter (“queen-bee”).
Descendants
beemother
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