wortel

Meaning

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:

wortelen

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Concepts

root

carrot

🥕

square root

radix

stem

origin

source

zero

radical

rootage

stool

Synonyms

peen

🥕

stam

radix

vierkantswortel

nulpunt

machtswortel

ader

zenuwdraad

bron

pees

uitloper

Translations

Wurzel

raíz

raiz

racine

radice

carotte

🥕

ρίζα

radix

cenoura

🥕

Karotte

🥕

Möhre

🥕

carota

🥕

zanahoria

🥕

καρότο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʋɔr.təl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wortele

Inherited from Old Dutch: *wurtala

Cognate with German: Wurzel

Cognate with Low German: Wuddel

Cognate with Western Frisian: woartel

Cognate with Old English: 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.