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Etymology of arroz

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *wriHǰʰíš Proto-Iranian *wriHǰíš Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišder. Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza)bor. Arabic رُزّ (ruzz) Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz) Andalusian Arabic روز (rawz)bor. Old Spanish arroz Sp

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noun

Any Spanish rice-based dish.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *wriHǰʰíš Proto-Iranian *wriHǰíš Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišder. Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza)bor. Arabic رُزّ (ruzz) Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz) Andalusian Arabic روز (rawz)bor. Old Spanish arroz Spanish arrozbor. English arroz Borrowed from Spanish arroz, from Old Spanish arroz, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic روز (rawz), from Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), from رُزّ (ruzz), borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš, from *wriHǰíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wriHǰʰíš. Doublet of rice. The initial vowel of the Spanish and English words is because the specific Arabic eymon is either the definite form ar-rawz/ar-ruzz or the variant form أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz).

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