Where does “orzo” come from?

orzo (English) comes from Italian orzo, from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

orzo (English): A form of pasta the size and shape of grains of...

Definitions

  1. A form of pasta the size and shape of grains of...

Ancestry of “orzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianorzobarley; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latinhordeumbarley
3Proto-Italichorzdeom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom →Every word from Proto-Italic horzdeom →Every word from Latin hordeum →