Where does “liryo” come from?

liryo (Cebuano) comes from Spanish lirio, from Latin glis, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

liryo (Cebuano): "Iris"; a genus of flowering plants with showy...

Definitions

  1. "Iris"; a genus of flowering plants with showy...

Ancestry of “liryo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlirioflag; iris; lily
2Latinglisdormouse; A tenacious kind of earth
3Proto-Indo-European*gley-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from Latin glis →Every word from Spanish lirio →