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Where does “arròs” come from?

arròs (Catalan) comes from Arabic أَرُزّ, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

arròs (Catalan): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “arròs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرُزّrice
2Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
3Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
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