How do you define the word root?

Answer 1

it is a part of the tree that is on the bottom of the tree

Answer 2

noun1 the part of a plant that attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibers : cacti have deep and spreading roots | a tree root.• the persistent underground part of a plant, esp. when fleshy and enlarged and used as a vegetable, e.g., a turnip or carrot.• any plant grown for such a root.• the embedded part of a bodily organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nail : her hair was fairer at the roots.• the part of a thing attaching it to a greater or more fundamental whole; the end or base : a little lever near the root of the barrel.2 the basic cause, source, or origin of something : love of money is the root of all evil| jealousy was at the root of it | [as adj. ] the root cause of the problem. See note at origin .• the essential substance or nature of something : matters at the heart and root of existence.• ( roots) family, ethnic, or cultural origins, esp. as the reasons for one's long-standing emotional attachment to a place or community : it's always nice to return to my roots.• [as adj. ] ( roots) denoting or relating to something, esp. music, from a particular ethnic or cultural origin, esp. a non-Western one : roots music.• (in biblical use) a scion; a descendant : the root of David.• Linguistics a morpheme, not necessarily surviving as a word in itself, from which words have been made by the addition of prefixes or suffixes or by other modification : many European words stem from this linguistic root | [as adj. ] the root form of the word.• Music the fundamental note of a chord.3 Mathematics a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself, typically a specified number of times, gives a specified number or quantity : find the cube root of the result.• short for square root .• a value of an unknown quantity satisfying a given equation : the roots of the equation differ by an integer.

Answer 3

In linguistics, a root is the basic form of a word that carries its core meaning and is typically not affixed with any additional elements. It serves as the foundation for creating related words through the addition of prefixes, suffixes, and other derivatives.

Answer 4

the portion of a word that contains its basic meaning.

Answer 5

it is a part of the tree that is on the bottom of the tree