Etymology

ricefield

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Today it means: A field where rice is grown. Full definition →

English field ← Middle English feld ← Old English feld
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*wriHǰʰíš
  2. Proto-Iranian*wriHǰíš
  3. Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš
  4. Ancient Greekὄρῡζα (órūza)
  5. Late Latinoryza
  6. Old Italianriso
  7. Old Frenchris
  8. Middle Englishrys
  9. Englishrice
  10. Proto-Germanic*felþuz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*felþu
  12. Old Englishfeld
  13. Middle Englishfeld
  14. Englishfield
  15. English todayricefield

From rice + field.

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