arrel
Catalan edit
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Etymology edit
Epenthetic form of rel, monophthongized from raïl, from an earlier Old Catalan raïu (through hypercorrection), from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arrel f (plural arrels)
- root (of a plant)
- root; origin
- (mathematics) root
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References edit
- “arrel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading edit
- “arrel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.