Where does “ricelessness” come from?
ricelessness (English) comes from English riceless, from English Rice, from French ris, from Middle French ris, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα.
ricelessness (English): Absence of rice
Definitions
- Absence of rice
Ancestry of “ricelessness”, step by step
ricelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English riceless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | riceless | Containing no rice |
| 2 | English | Rice | Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food |
| 3 | French | ris | reef; laughing, laugh; pleasures |
| 4 | Middle French | ris | — |
| 5 | Old French | ris | reef |
| 6 | Italian | riso | laughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere |
| 7 | Latin | rīsus | laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |