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Where does “radicare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “radicare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinradicoI take root
2Latinrādīx—
3Proto-Italicwrādīks—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →