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Etymology of radix

PIE word *wréh₂ds Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds Proto-Italic *wrādīks Latin rādīxlbor. English radix Learned borrowing from Latin rādīx (“a root”). Doublet of radish.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A root. · The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive; the etymon · The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.

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PIE word *wréh₂ds Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds Proto-Italic *wrādīks Latin rādīxlbor. English radix Learned borrowing from Latin rādīx (“a root”). Doublet of radish.

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  • Learned-borrowing mentionrādīxla · a root
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