bumble-bee

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 115 words | Copyright

bumble-bee XVI. f. †bumble frequent. of ME. bumme, bumbe, bombe boom, buzz (see -LE3) + BEE. Cf. HUMBLE-BEE.

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