rootlet
One of the smallest roots, hair roots.
Noun
- One of the smallest roots, hair roots.
- 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. - 2013, Margaret Atwood,...
Origin
Etymology tree English root Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós 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.