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
- A form of pasta the size and shape of grains of...
Ancestry of “orzo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | orzo | barley; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | hordeum | barley |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | horzdeom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰr̥sdeyom | bristly |