Where does “lirio” come from?

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

lirio (Spanish): flag; iris; lily

Definitions

  1. flag; iris; lily

Ancestry of “lirio”, step by step

lirio traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin glis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglisdormouse; A tenacious kind of earth
2Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

via Old Portuguese lílio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselílio—

via Old Spanish lilio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishlilio—

Words derived from “lirio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from Latin glis →