raíz
Meaning
- (feminine) root; root vegetable
- (feminine) root (of a tooth, a nail, etc)
- (feminine) root
- (feminine) root
- (feminine,figuratively) origin
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ra‧íz
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/raˈiθ/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with English radish.
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