wortel

(Anglais)

Noun

1. (masculine) root (especially of a plant)
2. (masculine) carrot (Daucus carota, especially Daucus carota subsp. sativa)
3. (masculine) square root, root
4. (masculine) zero (of a function), root (of an equation)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of wortelen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of wortelen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of wortelen:

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʋɔr.təl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: wortele

Hérité de Old Dutch: *wurtala

Appartenant à allemand: Wurzel

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Wuddel

Appartenant à frison occidental: woartel

Appartenant à ancien anglais: wyrtwalu

In summary

From Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”), formed from the Proto-Indo-European roots *wréh₂ds + *welH-.
The mathematical sense was coined by Simon Stevin. Compare German Wurzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu; cf. also English wort.

Concepts

racine

carotte

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racine carrée

origine

provenance

cause

radical

source

Synonymes

peen

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stam

radix

vierkantswortel

nulpunt

machtswortel

ader

zenuwdraad

bron

pees

uitloper

Traductions

root

Wurzel

raíz

raiz

radice

carrot

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ρίζα

radix

cenoura

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Karotte

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Möhre

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carota

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zanahoria

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korzeń

καρότο