Etymology

ricegrower

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Today it means: One who grows rice. Full definition →

English grower ← Middle English rys ← Old French ris
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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. Englishgrower
  11. English todayricegrower

From rice + grower.

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