root (of a plant) root of equation 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Hungarian
Lexeme 1 gyökér
Lexeme 2 gyök
Meaning 1 root (of a plant)
Direction
Meaning 2 (mathematics) solution to an equation
Reference Zaicz 2006
Comment

Created by Bernát Benyák during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries

ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme 根 (gēn)
Meaning 1 root (of a plant)

树根 / shù gēn


tree roots

Direction
Meaning 2 root of equation

一次方程式有一个根。 / yīcì fāngchéngshì yǒu yīgè gēn


First-degree equations have one root.

Reference BKRS
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme rădăcină
Meaning 1 root (of a plant)
Direction
Meaning 2 root of equation
Reference DEX98
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme raíz
Meaning 1 root (of a plant)
Direction
Meaning 2 root of equation
Reference DRAE
Comment