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Root

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means the part of a plant that grows underground, or the origin of something
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Stage 1 of 2
rot
Old Norse · medieval
"the underground part of a plant"
the underground part of a plant, replacing an earlier native English word
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Stage 2 of 2
root
English · 1200s
"the underground part of a plant"
settled as the standard English word for a plant's underground structure
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