From Old Galician-Portuguese liro, lilio, from Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri) (compare Sahidic Coptic ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre)), from Demotic (ḥrry), from Egyptian D2:D21-D21:X1-M2 (ḥrrt, “flower”).