French word abeille comes from Latin apis (A bee.)
apis (Latin)
A bee.
apicula (Latin)
A (little) bee.
abelha (Old Provençal)
*apicla (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) bee (insect).
abeille (Old Provençal)
abeille (Middle French)
Honey bee (Apis mellifera).
abeille (French)
(figuratively) A writer whose style is considered pure like honey.. Bee, honeybee.