Etymograph

English

hydrorhiza

Hydrorhiza comes from Ancient Greek ῥίζα ‘root’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wréh₂ds1‘root’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥίζα2rhíza‘root’
  3. Englishtodayhydrorhiza2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ῥίζα
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English hydrorhiza

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wréh₂dsWiktionary, Ancient Greek ῥίζα‘root’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥίζαWiktionary, English hydrorhizarhíza‘root’
  3. EnglishtodayhydrorhizaWiktionary, English hydrorhiza

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

race, radical, root, eradicate, eradication, radish, rote, wort, rance, radix, ramus, 26 more

Today it means

noun The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “hydrorhiza”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek ῥίζα. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds / hydrorhiza

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