Where does “root disease” come from?

root disease (English) comes from English disease, from Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, from Old French desaise, from Old French eise, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad- — in.

root disease (English): Any of several plant diseases affecting the root system

Definitions

  1. Any of several plant diseases affecting the root system

Ancestry of “root disease”, step by step

root disease traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English disease

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiseaseAn abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant...
2Middle Englishdisese
3Anglo-Normandesese
4Old Frenchdesaisedisease; deformity; melancholy
5Old Frencheiseease
6Latinadiacēnsadjacent, adjoining, neighbouring
7LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English root

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrootThe part of a plant, generally underground, that...
2Middle EnglishroteThe root; The foundation or base of a...
3Old Frenchroteroute, path
4Latinruptanominative feminine singular of ruptus;...
5Latinruptusbroken; ruptured, burst
6Latinrumpōto break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrunéptito be breaking
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én