Where does “arroz” come from?

arroz (English) comes from Spanish arroz, from Old Spanish arroz, from Andalusian Arabic روز, from Arabic *رَوْز.

arroz (English): Any Spanish rice-based dish

Definitions

  1. Any Spanish rice-based dish

Ancestry of “arroz”, step by step

arroz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish arroz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanisharrozrice
2Old Spanisharrozrice
3Andalusian Arabicروزrice
4Arabic*رَوْز—

via Portuguese arroz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesearrozrice
2Old Portuguesearroz—
Every word from Arabic *رَوْز →Every word from Andalusian Arabic روز →Every word from Old Spanish arroz →