Etymograph

English

radiciform

Radiciform comes from Latin rādīx ‘radish’, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks ‘root’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wréh₂ds‘root’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wrādīks‘root’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErādīx‘radish’
  4. Englishtodayradiciform

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wréh₂ds‘root’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wrādīks‘root’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErādīx‘radish’
  4. Englishtodayradiciform

Formed from radix + -iform

Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

Proto-Italic *wrādīks ‘root’

Latin rādīx ‘a root’

English radix

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

root, rote, wort, rance, ramus, 26 more

through Latin rādīx ‘radish’

race, radically, eradicate, eradication, radish, radix, 12 more

Today it means

adj Having the nature or appearance of a root (radix).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds / radiciform

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