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'''Radical''' (from Latin radicis, genitive of radix "root") can refer to many different things and concepts.
'''Radical''' (from Latin radicis, genitive of radix "root") can refer to many different things and concepts.
[[Image:Radical-38_early-form.jpg|right|frame|<center>Radical 38 or the basic "woman" character 女</center><center>modern Mandarin pronunciation nǚ</center>]]
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
post-classical Latin radicalis relating to or forming the root, original, primary (c400 in Augustine), radical, fundamental (a1250, 1620 in British sources), of or belonging to the root of a word (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1573 at sense A. 4a) < classical Latin r{amac}d{imac}c-, r{amac}d{imac}x RADIX n. + -{amac}lis -AL suffix1.
post-classical Latin radicalis relating to or forming the root, original, primary (c400 in Augustine), radical, fundamental (a1250, 1620 in British sources), of or belonging to the root of a word (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1573 at sense A. 4a) < classical Latin r{amac}d{imac}c-, r{amac}d{imac}x RADIX n. + -{amac}lis -AL suffix1.
==Reference==
==Reference==
[http://dictionary.oed.com/ The Oxford English Dictionary] (or the OED)
[https://dictionary.oed.com/ The Oxford English Dictionary] (or the OED)
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