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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

  1. The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports...

Ancestry of “radicle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinradiculalittle root, rootlet
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “radicle”

  • radiculous
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