Where does “arroz” come from?
arroz (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish arroz, from Andalusian Arabic روز, from Arabic *رَوْز.
arroz (Spanish): rice
Ancestry of “arroz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | arroz | — |
| 2 | Andalusian Arabic | روز | rice |
| 3 | Arabic | *رَوْز | — |
Words derived from “arroz”