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arrel.

root (of a plant)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[əˈre̞l]Northern[əˈrɛl]Balearic, Central[aˈrɛl]Northwestern, Valencia

  1. root (of a plant)

    feminine

  2. root, origin

    feminine · figuratively

  3. root

    feminine
    arrel quadrada

  4. root

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds Proto-Italic *wrādīks Latin rādīx Old Catalan raïu Old Catalan raïl Old Catalan rel Catalan rel Catalan arrel From earlier rel through a rebracketing of la rel (“the root”) as l'arrel, from Old Catalan rel, monophthongized from raïl, from earlier raïu (/w/ > /l/), from Latin rādīcem (accusative of rādīx). First attested in the 19th century.

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