Where does “beehive” come from?

Beehive comes from Middle English beehyve, a compound of bee and hyve, literally meaning a structure where bees are kept.

beehive (English): An enclosed structure in which some species of...

Definitions

  1. An enclosed structure in which some species of...

Ancestry of “beehive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbeehyve—
Every word from Middle English beehyve →