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Where does “Oryzoideae” come from?

Oryzoideae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Oryza, from Latin orȳza, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα, from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

Ancestry of “Oryzoideae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualOryzagenus of rice
2Latinorȳza—
3Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
4Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
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