radicina

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin rādīcīna. By surface analysis, radice +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ra.diˈt͡ʃi.na/
Rhymes: -ina
Hyphenation: ra‧di‧cì‧na

Noun

radicina f (plural radicine)

(botany) Synonym of radichetta
Synonym of ravanello (“radish”)

Anagrams

acridina, aracnidi, candirai

Latin

Etymology

From rādīx (“root”) +‎ -īna. Attested beginning in the works of Pelagonius in the second half of the fourth century CE.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /radɪˈkina/

Noun

rādīcīna f (genitive rādīcīnae); first declension (Late Latin)

(nonstandard) root

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: arãdãtsinã
- Romanian: rădăcină
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: radicina
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian:
  - Logudorese: raighina
  - Nuorese: radichina
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: racena, rassena, réchena, rachena, rathena
- Old French: *raicine
  - French: racine
  - Norman: raichinne, réchinne
  - Walloon: raecene
- Occitan: racina

References

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “radīcīna”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 524
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “radīcīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 18

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