English
rizla
Rizla comes from French riz ‘rice’, and goes back to Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα.
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ὄρυζα
- Old Italianmodernriso
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ris
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600riz
- Frenchc. 1600–presentriz‘rice’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992rizla
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ὄρυζα
- Old Italianmodernriso
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ris
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600riz
- Frenchc. 1600–presentriz‘rice’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992rizla
Earliest quotation: 1992, Searching for my Rizla: “Now I was standing in the corner / I'm…”
The story
From the Rizla+ brand of rolling papers, coined in 1886 from French riz (‘rice’) and Lacroix, referring to the use of rice paper and the inventor's family name.
Linked words
through Old French ris
Today it means
noun A rolling paper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα / rizla