Where does “радикал” come from?

радикал (Ukrainian) comes from Latin rādīcālis, from Latin rādīx, from Proto-Italic wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

радикал (Ukrainian): radical

Definitions

  1. radical

Ancestry of “радикал”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrādīcālishaving roots
2Latinrādīxroot of a plant
3Proto-Italicwrādīksroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic wrādīks →Every word from Latin rādīx →
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