Where does “horseradish” come from?
Horseradish comes from Middle English horse and -en, from Latin radice, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- meaning to run or move.
horseradish (English): A plant of the mustard family, "Armoracia...
Definitions
- A plant of the mustard family, "Armoracia...
Ancestry of “horseradish”, step by step
horseradish 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 HORSE
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | HORSE | A poker variant consisting of five different... |
| 2 | Middle English | horse | Alternative form of hors; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | hors | horse |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hross | horse |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrussą | horse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |
Words derived from “horseradish”