
Spanish word amarillo comes from English gentian, Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, h₂eh₃m-, and later Old Spanish amariello (Yellow Yellow.)
gentian (English)
Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.. The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian, Gentiana lutea, used as a tonic.
*h₃em-, h₂eh₃m- (Proto-Indo-European)
amarum (Latin)
amarellus (Late Latin)
amariello (Old Spanish)
Yellow Yellow.
amarillo (Spanish)
(heraldry) or. Yellow or golden coloured Yellow.