Where does “ris” come from?

ris (French) comes from Middle French ris, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

ris (French): reef; laughing, laugh; pleasures

Definitions

  1. reef; laughing, laugh; pleasures

Ancestry of “ris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchris—
2Old Frenchrisreef
3Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
4Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
5Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
6Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

Words derived from “ris”

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