Where does “rys” come from?

rys (Middle English) comes from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

rys (Middle English): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “rys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrisreef
2Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
3Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
4Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
5Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

Words derived from “rys”

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