Etymograph

English

radix

Radix comes from Latin rādīx ‘a root’, and goes back to 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‘a root’
  4. Englishtodayradix

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‘a root’
  4. Englishtodayradix

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

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

through Proto-Italic *wrādīks ‘root’

radically, 12 more

through Latin rādīx ‘a root’

race, radical, eradicate, eradication, radish, 13 more

Today it means

noun A root.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds / radix

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