Where does “radicle” come from?
Radicle comes from Latin radicula, diminutive of radix, from Proto-Italic wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds meaning root.
radicle (English): The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports...
Definitions
- The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports...
Ancestry of “radicle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | radicula | little root, rootlet |
| 2 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “radicle”