Where does “ris” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ris”, 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 “ris

Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš