Etymograph

English

Rize

Rize comes from Turkish Rize, and goes back to Ancient Greek Ριζαίον.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΡιζαίον
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928ریزه
  3. Turkish1928–presentRize
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΡιζαίον
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928ریزه
  3. Turkish1928–presentRize
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ριζαίον / Rize