Etymology

nonrice

N1O1N1R1I1C3E1

Today it means: Not of or pertaining to rice. Full definition →

English rice ← Middle English rys ← Old French ris
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*wriHǰʰíš
  3. Proto-Iranian*wriHǰíš
  4. Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš
  5. Ancient Greekὄρῡζα (órūza)
  6. Late Latinoryza
  7. Old Italianriso
  8. Old Frenchris
  9. Middle Englishrys
  10. Englishrice
  11. English todaynonrice

From non- + rice.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.