Where does “radishe” come from?

radishe (Middle English) comes from Old English redic, from Latin radice, from Latin radix, from Proto-Italic wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

radishe (Middle English): Alternative form of radiche

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of radiche

Ancestry of “radishe”, step by step

radishe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English redic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishredic—
2Latinradiceablative singular of rādīx
3LatinradixA root; A radish; The lower part of an object;...
4Proto-Italicwrād-ī-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Old English rædic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrædicradish
2Proto-Germanic*rādik—
3Latinrādīxroot of a plant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic wrād-ī- →Every word from Latin radix →