"rice" in seven languages
Meaningrice
Spanish
arroz
/aˈroθ/
masc.borrowed · Andalusian Arabic ar-ruzz
French
riz
/ʁi/
masc.borrowed · Italian riso
Italian
riso
/ˈriso/
masc.borrowed · Greek óryza, through Late Latin / Byzantine Greek
Same spelling as riso 'laughter' (from RĪSUM).
Portuguese
arroz
/aˈhos/
masc.borrowed · Andalusian Arabic ar-ruzz
Romanian
orez
/oˈrez/
neut.borrowed · Bulgarian oriz (from Greek óryza)
Catalan
arròs
/əˈrɔs/
masc.borrowed · Andalusian Arabic ar-ruzz
English
rice
/ɹaɪs/
from Latin/French · Old French ris (Italian riso)
English → ItalianricerisoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ORYZAM (from Greek óryza)‘rice’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
One Greek word, two routes: Spanish got it from Arabic (with the article ar- glued on), Italian from Greek and Latin, and French from Italian.
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In a sentence
- esLa paella se hace con arroz.
- frLa paella se fait avec du riz.
- itLa paella si fa con il riso.
- ptA paella é feita com arroz.
- roPaella se face cu orez.
- caLa paella es fa amb arròs.
- enPaella is made with rice.