Etymology

radicule

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Today it means: A radicle. Full definition →

Latin radicula ← Proto-Italic *wrādīks ← Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wréh₂ds
  2. Proto-Italic*wrādīks
  3. Latinrādīc-
  4. Latinradicula
  5. English todayradicule

Learned borrowing from Latin radicula. Doublet of radicula, radicle, and radicel.

Words from the same roots

Latinradicula all →

radicleradicula

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