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Where does “radis” come from?

radis (Middle French) comes from Italian radice, from Latin rādīx, from Proto-Italic wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

Ancestry of “radis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianradiceA root; A cause, source
2Latinrādīx—
3Proto-Italicwrādīks—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →