radix

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

PIE word *wréh₂ds Learned borrowing from Latin rādīx (“a root”). Doublet of radish.

"Primigenæ Voces, sui Radices Breves Linguæ Sanctæ" (Paris, 1620). — Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Aaron Bernstein
Therefore my theme is yet, and ever was, — Radix malorum est cupiditas. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
On the outside was written “Radix pedis diaboli” with a red poison label beneath it. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle

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