The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰr̥sdeyom“bristly”
- Latin · derived fromhordeum
- Italian · borrowed fromorzo“barley”
- English todayorzo
Borrowed from Italian orzo (“barley”), from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”). Doublet of orgeat and horchata.
Words from the same roots
Latinhordeum all →
hordatinehordeaceoushordeic acidhordeiformhordeinorgeat
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.