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Where does “ratoon” come from?

ratoon (English) comes from Latin retono, from Spanish retoñar, from Spanish re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

ratoon (English): A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped...

Definitions

  1. A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped...

Ancestry of “ratoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinretonoI resound like thunder
2Spanishretoñarto sprout, bud; to reappear
3Spanishre-again; backwards; opposition
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “ratoon”

  • ratooner
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