arrel

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === rel raïl (archaic or dialectal) === Etymology === Epenthetic form of rel, monophthongized from raïl, from an earlier Old Catalan raïu (through hypercorrection), from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈrɛl] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈrɛl] === Noun === arrel f (plural arrels) root (of a plant) root; origin (mathematics) root ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== arran === References === “arrel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. === Further reading === “arrel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007