Where does “colmea” come from?

colmea (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese colmẽa, from Spanish colmena, from Latin kolmēnā.

colmea (Galician): beehive

Definitions

  1. beehive

Ancestry of “colmea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecolmẽabeehive
2Spanishcolmenabeehive
3Latinkolmēnā—
Every word from Latin kolmēnā →Every word from Spanish colmena →Every word from Old Portuguese colmẽa →