noun
Origin: altered (by assoc. with ME bomblen, var. of bomben, to boom, buzz, of echoic orig.) < ME humbul-be < humbil, bumblebee (akin to Ger hummel < IE base *kem-, to hum, of echoic orig.) + be, bee
See bumblebee in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: bumble2
Origin: + bee1
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