The story
- Latin · derived fromlira“a furrow”
- English todaylirella
Diminutive of Latin lira (“a furrow”).
Words from the same roots
Latinlira all →
lira
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lirella
Today it means: An apothecium with the shape of a squiggly line in the middle, found in some lichens. Full definition →
Latin lira