Where does “daikon radish” come from?
daikon radish (English) comes from English radish, from Middle English radiche, from Old English redic, from Latin radice, from Latin radix, from Proto-Italic wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.
daikon radish (English): Synonym of daikon
Definitions
- Synonym of daikon
Ancestry of “daikon radish”, step by step
daikon radish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radish | A plant of the Brassicaceae family, "Raphanus... |
| 2 | Middle English | radiche | Radish |
| 3 | Old English | redic | — |
| 4 | Latin | radice | ablative singular of rādīx |
| 5 | Latin | radix | A root; A radish; The lower part of an object;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wrād-ī- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wréh₂ds | root |
via English daikon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | daikon | An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal |
| 2 | Japanese | 大根 | daikon, a large white variety of radish native to... |
| 3 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |