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apiary

[ey-pee-er-ee] Origin

a·pi·ar·y

[ey-pee-er-ee]
noun, plural -ar·ies.
a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.

Origin:
1645–55; < Latin apiārium beehive, equivalent to api(s) bee + -ārium -ary
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apiary (ˈeɪpɪərɪ)
 
n , pl -aries
a place where bees are kept, usually in beehives
 
[C17: from Latin apiārium from apis bee]

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Word Origin & History

apiary
1650s, from L. apiarium "beehouse, beehive," neut. of apiarius "of bees," from apis "bee," a mystery word unrelated to any similar words in other I.E. languages. Related: Apiarist (1816).
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