Where does “rizza” come from?

rizza (Maltese) comes from Sicilian rizza, from Latin retia, from Latin rēte — net, snare, network.

rizza (Maltese): sea urchin

Definitions

  1. sea urchin

Ancestry of “rizza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianrizzasea urchin
2Latinretianominative plural of rēte; accusative plural of...
3Latinrētenet, snare, network
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