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Where does “rise” come from?

Rise comes from Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European rei-.

rise (English): To move, or appear to move, physically upwards...

Definitions

  1. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards...

Ancestry of “rise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrisen—
2Old Englishrīsanto rise; to seize, carry off
3Proto-West Germanic*rīsan—
4Proto-Germanicrīsanąto scale; move vertically; to rise
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rey-to arise, arise; to rise, arise; to rise; arise

Words derived from “rise”

  • rising
  • risen
  • moonrise
  • risest
  • sunrising
  • unrisen
  • midrise
  • deadrise
  • earthrise
  • rerisen
  • skyrise
  • payrise
  • rerise
  • dayrise
  • gainrising
  • overrise
  • self-rising
  • high-rise
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