The story
- Arabic · derived fromأَبُو طِيلُون“Indian mallow”
- New Latin · borrowed from[Term?]
- English todayabutilon
From New Latin [Term?], from Arabic أَبُو طِيلُون (ʔabū ṭīlūn, “Indian mallow”).
First known use, by meaning
- First attested in the late 16ᵗʰ century. Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.