Word origin
[1810–20; ‹ NL
rādīcella small root, rootlet, equiv. to L
rādīc- (s. of
rādīx)
root1 +
-ella -elle]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, duplex, realism, technique, zombie