Etymology

arroz

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Today it means: Any Spanish rice-based dish. Full definition →

Spanish arroz ← Old Spanish arroz ← Andalusian Arabic روز (rawz)
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arroz · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*wriHǰʰíš
  2. Proto-Iranian*wriHǰíš
  3. Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš
  4. Ancient Greekὄρυζα (óruza)
  5. Arabicرُزّ (ruzz)
  6. Arabic*رَوْز (*rawz)
  7. Andalusian Arabicروز (rawz)
  8. Old Spanisharroz
  9. Spanisharroz
  10. English todayarroz

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).

Arroz · proper noun2

  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromArroz
  2. English todayArroz

Portuguese Arroz

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