raiz

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) root (part of a plant)
2. (feminine) root (part of a tooth)
3. (feminine) root (part of a hair)
4. (feminine, figuratively) root (primary source)
5. (feminine) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number)
6. (feminine) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent)
7. (feminine) root (primary lexical unit of a word)
8. (feminine) root (word from which another word or words are derived)
9. (feminine) root (highest directory of a directory structure)
10. (feminine, figuratively, plural-normally) the place where one grew up

Adj

1. (Brazil, feminine, masculine, slang) O.G., true (valid, legitimate)
2. (Brazil, feminine, masculine, slang) traditional, true

Concepts

root

stem

source

rootage

roots

radix

origin

root word

base

tooth root

beginning

fang

radical

stool

theme

zero

Opposite of

folha, descendente, nutella

Synonyms

prosedensia

fonte

nascente

procedência

radical

manancial

raíz

raizes

Radical

zero

0

Translations

racine

raíz

radice

Wurzel

wortel

ρίζα

arrel

radix

kök

raiç

raíces

rîş

Wurzeln

جذر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁaˈis/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: radix

Cognate with Galician: raíz

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz, from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”). Compare Galician raíz.

Sentences

Onde a raiz da raiz começa , o amor do carneiro .

Where the root of the root begins, the love of the ram.