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Where does “orzo” come from?

orzo (Italian) comes from Latin hordeum, from Proto-Italic horzdeom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥sdeyom — bristly.

orzo (Italian): barley; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. barley; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “orzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhordeumbarley
2Proto-Italichorzdeom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥sdeyombristly

Words derived from “orzo”

  • orzo
  • orzata
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