English
Rice
Rice comes from Old Welsh Ris ‘ardor, fiery warrior’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-‘to run’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Welshc. 800–1150Ris‘ardor, fiery warrior’
- Welshc. 1500–presentRhys
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Rice
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hreth₂-‘to run’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Welshc. 800–1150Ris‘ardor, fiery warrior’
- Welshc. 1500–presentRhys
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Rice
Earliest quotation: 2015, Jill Jacobs, Shmuley Boteach isn’t ‘America’s rabbi’: “This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’
rotation, rash, rotary, rotate, rodeo, rota, rotund, rueda, 15 more
Today it means
name A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- / Rice