arrel

Catalan

Alternative forms

  • rel
  • raïl (archaic or dialectal)

Etymology

From the variant form rel, contraction of raïl, from an earlier raïu (through hypercorrection), from Latin rādīx, rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Noun

arrel f (plural arrels)

  1. root (of a plant)
  2. root; origin
  3. (mathematics) root
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