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Where does “aracen” come from?

aracen (Middle English) comes from Old French arachier, from Latin exradicare, from Latin rādīx, from Proto-Italic wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

aracen (Middle English): to eradicate, erase

Definitions

  1. to eradicate, erase

Ancestry of “aracen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencharachierto pull off
2Latinexradicare—
3Latinrādīx—
4Proto-Italicwrādīks—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “aracen”

  • arace
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →