Where does “raispap” come from?
raispap (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English) comes from Antigua and Barbuda Creole English rais, from English Rice, from French ris, from Middle French ris, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα.
raispap (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English): a type of porridge
Definitions
- a type of porridge
Ancestry of “raispap”, step by step
raispap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Antigua and Barbuda Creole English rais
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | rais | rice |
| 2 | English | Rice | Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food |
| 3 | French | ris | reef; laughing, laugh; pleasures |
| 4 | Middle French | ris | — |
| 5 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 6 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 7 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |
via Antigua and Barbuda Creole English pap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | pap | porridge |