Where does “radicans” come from?

radicans (Latin) comes from Latin radico, from Latin rādīx, from Proto-Italic wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

radicans (Latin): rooting

Definitions

  1. rooting

Ancestry of “radicans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinradicoI take root
2Latinrādīxroot of a plant
3Proto-Italicwrādīksroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic wrādīks →Every word from Latin rādīx →
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