Etymology

ricelike

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Today it means: Resembling rice or some aspect of it. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English rice
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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-Indo-European*leyg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*līką
  12. English todayricelike

From rice + -like.

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