Where does “lais” come from?
lais (Awara) comes from Tok Pisin 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.
lais (Awara): rice
Definitions
- rice
Ancestry of “lais”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | 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 | — |