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Where does “racine” come from?

racine (French) comes from Old French *raicine.

racine (French): root; root, origin; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. root; root, origin; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “racine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French*raicine—

Words derived from “racine”

  • deracinate
  • enraciner
  • déraciner
  • raciner
  • racinaire
  • déracinement
  • indéracinable
  • déracinable
  • racina
  • rasin
Every word from Old French *raicine →