abeja
/aˈbexa/ · B1 · noun · f
bee
🐝 From Latin apicula, little bee: same root as apiary and apiculture
Latin apis meant bee, and apicula was its diminutive. Over time the p softened to b and the cl became the j sound, giving abeja. English kept the root in apiary, a place where bees are kept. It is feminine: la abeja.