Where does “riz” come from?
riz (French) comes from Old Italian riso, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.
riz (French): rice
Ancestry of “riz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Italian | riso | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὄρυζα | rice |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *wrinǰiš | — |