raiz — meaning in English

English meaning

• radix noun (linguistics) The original word or word-part that a later word comes from.
• root noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.

Senses

raiz is used for these senses in English:

• radix (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
• root (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.

radix — full definition

1. noun (linguistics) The original word or word-part that a later word comes from.
2. noun (maths) How many different symbols a number system uses, such as ten in the system we count with normally.

root — full definition

1. noun The underground part of a plant that anchors it and draws in water and nutrients.
2. noun The origin, source, or underlying cause of something.
3. noun In mathematics, a value which, raised to a given power, produces a specified number (most commonly the square root).
4. verb To become firmly fixed or established.
5. verb To cheer for or support someone, hoping for their success. (usually "root for")

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