Where does “rôot” come from?
rôot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch rōt, from Proto-West Germanic raud, from Proto-Germanic raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rowdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.
Ancestry of “rôot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | rōt | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | raud | red |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | raudaz | red |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rowdʰós | red thing |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rewdʰ- | red |
Words derived from “rôot”