Where does “hive” come from?
Hive comes from Middle English hyfe, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic hūfi, from Proto-Indo-European kuHp-, from Proto-Indo-European kew-.
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Ancestry of “hive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | immigrere | immigrate |
| 2 | French | immigration | immigration |
| 3 | Latin | immigro | I remove, move or go into; migrate |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “hive”