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First attested in English in the middle of the 13th century, the word " rice " derives from the Old French ris, which comes from Italian riso, in turn from the Latin oriza, which derives from the Greek ὄρυζα ( oruza ).

The Greek word is the source of all European words ( cf.

Welsh reis, Ger.

Reis, Lith.

ryžiai, Serbo-Cr.

riža, Pol.

ryż, Dutch rijst, Romanian orez ).

Ultimately, the original source for those languages is from the Tamil word அர ி ச ி ( arisi ).