| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | reidh- |
| DEFINITION: | To ride.
Derivatives include raid, road, and array.
I. Basic form *reidh-. 1. ride, from Old English r dan, to ride, from Germanic *rdan. 2. palfrey, from Latin ver dus, post horse, from Celtic *wo-rd- (*wo-, under; see upo).
II. O-grade form *roidh-. 1a. raid, road, from Old English r d, a riding, road, from Germanic *raid-; b. raddle1, from Middle High German reidel, rod between upright stakes (< “wooden horse”), possibly from Germanic *raid- (see a). 2. Probably Germanic *raid-ja-. ready; already, from Old English ræde, geræde, ready (< “prepared for a journey”). 3. Probably Germanic *raidjan. raiment; array, curry1, from Vulgar Latin *-rdre, to arrange. (Pokorny reidh- 861.) |
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