Apiology
/ˌeɪ.piˈɒl.ə.dʒi/noun
The study of bees.
Did you know?Apiology is built from Latin apis, “bee,” plus Greek -logia, “study of,” showing how scientific vocabulary often fuses Latin and Greek into one spell-like hybrid.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ébʰi-
“A reconstructed ancestral root associated with bees”
Latin
Latin
apis
“Bee”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-logia
“Study, discourse, account”
19th Century
English
apiology
“The scientific study of bees”
Modern English
English
apiology
“The study of bees”
Explore more surprising origins