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Where does “orȳza” come from?

orȳza (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

Ancestry of “orȳza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
2Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →