köken: Etymology tree substrateder. Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion)bor. Latin līliumlbor. Old Spanish lilio Spanish lirio Inherited from Old Spanish lilio, borrowed from Latin līlium. Doublet of lis. Cognate with English lily.
aile: lirio acuático, lirio amarillo, lirio antorcha, lirio blanco, lirio cárdeno, lirio de agua, lirio de los valles, lirio de mar, lirio de Siberia, lirio del valle
köken: Borrowed from Arabic زَنْبَق (zanbaq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cmbk' /čambak/) (whence Old Armenian ճանբակ (čanbak)), related to Urdu چمپا / Hindi चंपा (campā), Punjabi چمپا (čampā, “jasmine in the broad sense”), which has been borrowed into Persian as چمپا (čampâ, “jasmine”). All via Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka, “champac”).
iris, Iris sanguinea · short for 菖蒲襲 (ayamegasane): a style of kimono layering consisting of a blue outer layer and a light pink inner layer, traditionally worn in the month of May · the month of May
köken: Shift in meaning from 漢女 (ayame), a compound of 漢 (aya, “Chinese”, appears in ancient clan names referring to very early Chinese immigrants to Japan) + 女 (me, “woman”), in reference to the earliest producers of textiles as a metaphor for the colorful patterns of the flowers.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese liro, lílio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). Doublet of lis, from French. Cognate with Portuguese lírio, Spanish lirio, English lily.