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ENGLISH ROOT WORD: ride, road "ride", "road" from Old English ridan, rad, riden

English Chef 2025. 4. 25. 14:37
【ride, road】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "ridan," "rad," and "riden."
It carries the basic meaning of "ride," "road," and "raid."

from PIE *reidh- "to ride ride n.) 1759, "journey on the back of a horse or in a vehicle"



[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "ride, road"]

raid **[4081]
ride ****[470] When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements.
road ****[352] A road is a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.



[WORD ROOT]root ride
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] raid, ride, road
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) ridan, rad, riden
[MEANING]root ride, road, raid

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

  • 【Old English】 ridan (past tense rad, past participle riden) sit or be carried on
  • 【Old English】 rad ⑴[past of ridan], ⑵[akin to Old English ridan] a riding, ride, expedition, journey; raid; attack, foray
  • 【Old English】 riden [past participle of ridan]



Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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raid ★★[4081] noun from raid 〈 ride
【DEFINITION】
【pl.】 raids
【ROOTs】 raid(ride); ride, road, raid
【Etymology】 《Old English rad⑴[past of ridan], ⑵[akin to Old English ridan] a riding, ride, expedition, journey; raid; attack, foray
【First Known Meaning】 mounted military expedition,
【DERIVATIVEs】 raider, raid

ride ★★★★[470] verb from ride
【DEFINITION】 When you ride a horse, you sit on it and control its movements.
【Declension/Conjugation】 rode, ridden, riding, rides
【ROOTs】 ride; ride, road, raid
【Etymology】 《Old English ridan(past tense rad, past participle riden) sit or be carried on
【First Known Meaning】 sit or be carried on
【DERIVATIVEs】 ridable, rideable, ride



road ★★★★[352] noun from road 〈 ride
【DEFINITION】 A road is a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.
【pl.】 roads
【ROOTs】 road(ride); ride, road, raid
【Etymology】 《Old English rad⑴[past of ridan], ⑵[akin to Old English ridan] a riding, ride, expedition, journey; raid; attack, foray
【First Known Meaning】 "riding expedition, journey, hostile incursion
【DERIVATIVEs】 roadless, road


Other words containing "ride, road"; raider, ridable, rideable, roadless

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

render
relat
regul
rect
real
ready
read
ratio, ration, rati-, rat-
rapt-, rap-
rang-

 

 

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