Where does “rīsus” come from?

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

rīsus (Latin): laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed

Definitions

  1. laughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed

Ancestry of “rīsus”, step by step

rīsus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ὄρυζα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
2Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via Latin rīdeō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrīdeōto laugh

Words derived from “rīsus”

Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα →