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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disease | An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant... |
| 2 | Middle English | disese | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | desese | — |
| 4 | Old French | desaise | disease; deformity; melancholy |
| 5 | Old French | eise | ease |
| 6 | Latin | adiacēns | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring |
| 7 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English root
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | root | The part of a plant, generally underground, that... |
| 2 | Middle English | rote | The root; The foundation or base of a... |
| 3 | Old French | rote | route, path |
| 4 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 5 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 6 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |