Where does “riso” come from?

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

Ancestry of “riso”, step by step

riso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ὄρυζα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
2Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—

via Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekὄρυζα—

Words derived from “riso”

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