English

German iris

German + iris, a calque of translingual Iris × germanica.

A compound of German + iris

Latin Germānus ‘the peoples of Germānia’

Ancient Greek ἶρις ‘rainbow’

Latin īris ‘rainbow’

Middle English iris

English iris

Today it means

noun Iris × germanica, a nothospecies of iris.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German iris