rayz

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

raiz

Etymology

From Latin rādix, rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /raˈit͡s/

Noun

rayz f

root
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 411 (facsimile):
  
  yſaya […] diſſe que aruor ſayria ben da rayz de ieſſe.
  Isaiah […] said that a tree would spring from the root of Jesse.

Descendants

Galician: raíz
Portuguese: raiz, raís
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: rais
- Kabuverdianu: raìs
- Papiamentu: rais

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