myEtymology.com: French etymology of racine

Etymology of the French word racine

the French word racine

derived from the Late Latin word radicina

derived from the Late Latin word radix (root; root; base; square-root)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wrad-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wrād-

Danish rod, English root, Icelandic rót, Nynorsk rod, Provençal racina, Riksmal rot, Swedish rot