radix

noun
/ˈɹeɪ.dɪks/

Etymology

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

  1. learned borrowing from rādīx — “a root

Definitions

  1. A root.

  2. The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive

    The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive; the etymon

  3. The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for…

    The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for radix. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA