Where does “ris” come from?

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

ris (Old French): reef

Definitions

  1. reef

Ancestry of “ris”, step by step

ris traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian riso

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

via Old Norse rif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserifrib, reef; reef
2Proto-Germanicribjąrib; reef, ridge
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rebʰ-to cover, to roof; rib

via Old Italian riso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Italianriso—
2Byzantine Greekὄρυζα—

Words derived from “ris”

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