Etymology

Iolanthe

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Koine Greek ἰόλη
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The story

  1. Koine Greek · derived fromἰόλη“violet”
  2. English todayIolanthe

From Koine Greek ἰόλη (iólē, “violet”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Cognate with French Yolande, Italian Iolanda, Spanish Yolanda.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.