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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	wrd-
DEFINITION:	Branch, root. Oldest form wre₂d-,* colored to wra₂d-,* contracted to wrd-. Derivatives include root¹, wort, radish,* and licorice. I. Basic form wrd-. root¹; rutabaga, from Old Norse rt,* root, from Germanic wrt-. II.* Zero-grade form wd-. 1a.* wort¹, from Old English wyrt, plant, herb; b. Gewürztraminer, from Old High German wurz, plant, root; c. mangel-wurzel, from German Wurzel, root (< wurzwala, rootstock; -wala, a roll, round stem; see wel-²). a–c all from Germanic wurtiz. 2. Suffixed form wd-y-. wort², from Old English wyrt, brewer's wort, from Germanic wurtj-. 3. radical, radicle, radish, radix; deracinate, eradicate, irradicable, from Latin rdx,* root. 4. Suffixed form wrd-mo-. ramose, ramus; ramify, from Latin rmus,* branch. 5. Perhaps suffixed reduced form w()d-ya. rhizo-, rhizome; coleorhiza, licorice, mycorrhiza, from Greek rhiza,* root. (Pokorny (e)rd- 1167.)


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