English
thermoballing
From thermo- + balling.
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos
Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós
Ancient Greek θερμός ‘warm, hot’
English thermo-
Today it means
noun An incident where honeybees surround a threat and cause it to die through high temperature.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thermoballing”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / thermoballing