English
lory
Lory comes from Malay nuri ‘a parrot’.
- Malaymodernnuri‘a parrot’
- Malay, derivedmodernluri
- Englishearliest quotation 1869lory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Malaymodernnuri‘a parrot’
- Malay, derivedmodernluri
- Englishearliest quotation 1869lory
Earliest quotation: 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago: “Just as we were going away, a handsome tree,…”
The story
Unrelated to Spanish loro.
Every English word from Malay nuri
Today it means
noun Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia. They are usually classified in the subfamily Loriinae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay nuri / lory