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Where does “radiale” come from?

radiale (Italian) comes from Spanish radial, from Spanish radio, from French radium, from French radioactif, from French actif, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός — to carve, cut out with a knife, engrave; to note...

radiale (Italian): radial; radial, radial tire; radial, radius bone

Definitions

  1. radial; radial, radial tire; radial, radius bone

Ancestry of “radiale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishradialradial; of or pertaining to radio; radian
2Spanishradioradio; radius; radium
3Frenchradiumradium
4Frenchradioactifradioactive
5Frenchactifactive; asset; top
6Old Frenchactifactive
7Latināctīvus—
8Ancient GreekἐνεργητικόςAble to act on; acting on; Active; In the active...
9Ancient Greekἐνεργέωto be in action or activity, to operate; to...
10Ancient Greekἐνεργόςat work, active
11Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
12Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
13Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
14Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
15Ancient Greekγλύφωto carve, cut out with a knife, engrave; to note...

Words derived from “radiale”

  • brachioradiale
  • interradiale
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