English

rootle

From root (“to dig”) + -le (frequentative suffix).

Formed from root + le

Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘root’

Old Norse rót ‘root’

Old English rōt ‘root’

Middle English rote ‘underground part of a plant’

English root

French le ‘the’

English le

Today it means

verb to dig into the ground, with the snout.

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