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The Latin word apis
Word
apis
Meaning
bee
Notes/Remarks
The origin of this word is unknown
See also
Etruscan:
apiana
‘chamomile, bee grass’
Comments
No accepted etymology. Vennemann 1998a proposes
that
apis
is a loanword from Semitic. Could be Etruscan.
Other words that might be of interest
vermis
‘worm’