Etymology

radish

ra·dish
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Today it means: A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root. Full definition →

Middle English radiche ← Old English rǣdiċ ← Proto-West Germanic *rādik
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromradice
  2. Middle French · derived fromradice
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromradich
  4. Latin · derived fromrādīcem“root of a plant; radish”
  5. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rādik
  6. Old English · inherited fromrǣdiċ
  7. Middle English · inherited fromradiche
  8. English todayradish

PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English radiche, from Old English rǣdiċ, from Proto-West Germanic *rādik, borrowed from Latin rādīcem (“root of a plant; radish”); later influenced by Anglo-Norman radich and Middle French radice, borrowed from Italian radice, from the same Latin source. Doublet of radix.

Words from the same roots

Italianradice all →

Radice

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