rot

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • root; the part of a plant under the surface.
  • the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place
  • source; an underlying cause
  • (mathematics) of a number , a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified
  • (mathematics) a zero (of a function).
  • (mathematics) a designated node in a tree.
  • (mathematics) curl; a measure on how fast a vector field rotates: it can be described as the cross product of del and a given vectorial field
  • (computing) root directory
  • (philology) a word from which another word is derived.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish rot, rōt inherited from Old Norse rót (root, tossing, pitching) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (root) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (root).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wréh₂ds

Gloss

root

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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