•copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana, or yellow-flame (Peltophorum pterocarpum) · the bark of such tree · dye from the bark of such tree
köken: Inherited from Middle French fauve, from Old French falve, from Late Latin falvus, a borrowing from Frankish *falu, *falw- (compare Dutch vaal, English fallow and German falb), from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (“pale, grey”). The adjectival sense of "savage, fierce" comes from the noun sense "wild animal," which is in turn a shortening of bête au pelage fauve (“animal with tawny fur”).
León (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: León) · León (a city in Castile and León, Spain) · León (a department of Nicaragua)
çekim: çoğul leones
eş: león americano, león de montaña, puma
köken: Inherited from Latin legiōnem. The places in Spain are named after the Roman legion that settled them, the Legio VII Gemina. Doublet of legión, which was a learned borrowing. Unrelated to león.
aile: Castilla y León, León de Francia, Nuevo León
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harunás Sanskrit अ॒रु॒ण Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harunás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬀 (aᵘruna, “light brown, tan”). The root is related to अरुष (aruṣá, “reddish”); see there for more.