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BUMBLE-BEE

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bumble-bee 
1530, replacing M.E. humbul-be, alt. by assoc. with M.E. bombeln "to boom, buzz," echoic, from PIE base *kem "to hum," echoic.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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