rayz

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• raiz

Etymology

From Latin rādix, rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈit͡s/

Noun

rayz f

1. root
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 411 (facsimile):

     yſaya […] diſſe que aruor ſayria ben da rayz de ieſſe.

     Isaiah […] said that a tree would spring from the root of Jesse.

Descendants

• Galician: raíz
• Portuguese: raiz, raís (obsolete)
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: rais
  • Kabuverdianu: raìs
  • Papiamentu: rais