plural radices
ˈrā-də-ˌsēz 
ˈra-
or radixes
ˈrā-dik-səz
1
: the base of a number system or of logarithms
2
: the primary source
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Alicia Silverstone and Kate Winslet also have children with this same name.
Raddix: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden named their firstborn Raddix, which comes from the Latin word radix meaning ‘root’.
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Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 July 2025
Instead he might have been remembered as another god or angel among many, who came down for a while to heal some bodies, heal some souls, who tried in vain to teach us how to get back to the radix of our lives, then left again.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Radical’ comes from the Latin word radix, for root, and that’s exactly what this is: change at the root.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
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Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 July 2025
Instead he might have been remembered as another god or angel among many, who came down for a while to heal some bodies, heal some souls, who tried in vain to teach us how to get back to the radix of our lives, then left again.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Radical’ comes from the Latin word radix, for root, and that’s exactly what this is: change at the root.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
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“Radix.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radix. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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radix
noun
ra·dix
ˈrād-iks
plural radices
ˈrād-ə-ˌsēz
ˈrad-
or radixes
ˈrād-ik-səz
ˈrad-
or radixes
ˈrād-ik-səz
: the base or root of something (as a plant or a cranial or spinal nerve)
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