Where does “rice bowl” come from?
rice bowl (English) comes from English Rice, from French ris, from Middle French ris, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.
rice bowl (English): A small bowl from which rice is eaten; A region...
Definitions
- A small bowl from which rice is eaten; A region...
Ancestry of “rice bowl”, step by step
rice bowl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Rice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Rice | Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food |
| 2 | French | ris | reef; laughing, laugh; pleasures |
| 3 | Middle French | ris | — |
| 4 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 5 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 6 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |
via English bowl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bowl | A roughly hemispherical container used to hold,... |
| 2 | Middle English | bolle | pod; shell |
| 3 | Old English | bolla | bowl |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bullô | round object; ball; bowl |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |