Etymology

arborio rice

Today it means: A northern Italian variety of short-grained starchy rice with a white dot at the center of each grain, commonly used in risotto. Full definition →

Italian arborio ← Latin arboreus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromarboreus“wooden, tree-like”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromarborio
  3. English todayarborio rice

Borrowed from Italian arborio, from Arborio, a town in Piedmont; the toponym is most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare English arboreous.

Words from the same roots

Latinarboreus all →

arboreal

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