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Where does “radish ripper” come from?

radish ripper (English) comes from English ripper, from English RIP, from English -le, from Middle English -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

radish ripper (English): The daikon, particularly when its large roots are...

Definitions

  1. The daikon, particularly when its large roots are...

Ancestry of “radish ripper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishripperSomething that rips something else; Someone who...
2EnglishRIPInitialism of requiescat in pace, initialism of...
3English-leA frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating...
4Middle English-el—
5Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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