Where does “立方根” come from?

立方根 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 根, from Old Japanese 根.

立方根 (Japanese): a cube root, a cubic root

Definitions

  1. a cube root, a cubic root

Ancestry of “立方根”, step by step

立方根 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 根

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese根a root; the source; the root; nature; the...
2Old Japanese根—

via Japanese 立方

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese立方The third power of a number etc.; cube
Every word from Old Japanese 根 →Every word from Japanese 根 →