Where does “rizoplanto” come from?
rizoplanto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto rizo, from French riz, from Old Italian riso, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.
rizoplanto (Esperanto): rice plant
Definitions
- rice plant
Ancestry of “rizoplanto”, step by step
rizoplanto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto rizo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | rizo | rice |
| 2 | French | riz | rice |
| 3 | Old Italian | riso | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |
via Esperanto planto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | planto | plant |
| 2 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |