Where does “rapuncium” come from?

rapuncium (Latin) comes from Latin radix, from Proto-Italic wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

Ancestry of “rapuncium”, step by step

rapuncium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin radix

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinradixA root; A radish; The lower part of an object;...
2Proto-Italicwrād-ī-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Latin phu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinphuvalerian
2Chinese府expansive district commandery

Words derived from “rapuncium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic wrād-ī- →Every word from Latin radix →