Where does “radicchio” come from?

radicchio (Italian) comes from Latin radicula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

radicchio (Italian): The plant "Cichorium intybus"; radicchio

Definitions

  1. The plant "Cichorium intybus"; radicchio

Ancestry of “radicchio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinradiculalittle root, rootlet
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “radicchio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin radicula →