rootlet

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English root
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Old French -et
Old French -eletbor.
Middle English -let
English -let
English rootlet

    From root + -let.

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    Noun

    rootlet (plural rootlets)

    1. One of the smallest roots, hair roots.
      • 2013, Margaret Atwood, MaddAddam, Bloomsbury, page 208:
        She can almost hear them pushing up through the soil, their rootlets sniffing for nutrients and crowding the rootlets of their neighbours, their leaves releasing clouds of airborne chemicals.

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