Where does “raíz” come from?

raíz (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese raiz, from Latin rādīx, from Proto-Italic wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

raíz (Galician): root; root vegetable; stump; root

Definitions

  1. root; root vegetable; stump; root

Ancestry of “raíz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortugueseraizAlternative form of rayz
2Latinrādīxroot of a plant
3Proto-Italicwrādīksroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “raíz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic wrādīks →Every word from Latin rādīx →