Definition
A plant (such as bracken fern or other species) used historically for braking or stopping motion, or valued for medicinal properties.
Etymology
Compound of brake and root. Likely refers to bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) which was dried and used as brake lining material. The term emerged in folk and agricultural contexts.
Kelly Says
Before synthetic materials, people literally used dried fern roots as friction material in brakes—an ingenious example of how humans repurposed plant materials for technology before the industrial age.
Translations
ARالعربية
جذر الفرامل
jadhar al-faramil
BNবাংলা
ব্রেকের মূল
brekerer mool
CACatalà
arrel de fre
ar-rel deh fre
CSČeština
kořen brzdy
ko-ren brz-dy
DADansk
bremsrod
brems-rod
DEDeutsch
Bremswurzel
brems-vur-zel
ELΕλληνικά
ρίζα του φρένου
ri-za to-u fre-nou
ESEspañol
raíz del freno
ray-th del fre-noh
FAفارسی
ریشه ترمز
ri-sheh ter-moz
FISuomi
jarrujuuri
jar-ru-joo-ri
FRFrançais
racine de frein
ra-seen duh frehn
GUGU
બ્રેકની જીર
brek-nee jeer
HAHA
gugu brake
goo-goo brake
HEעברית
שורש בלם
sho-resh balem
HIहिन्दी
ब्रेक जड़
brek jad
HUMagyar
fékgyökér
fek-yee-ker
IDBahasa Indonesia
akar rem
a-kar rem
IGIG
nkwu brake
nkwu brake
ITItaliano
radice del freno
ra-dee del freh-noh
JA日本語
ブレーキルート
bre-ki-ru-to
KKKK
тормоз тамыры
tormoz tamyry
KO한국어
브레이크 루트
beureikeu ruteu
MRMR
ब्रेकची जड
brek-chee jad
MSBahasa Melayu
akar brek
akar brek
MYမြန်မာ
ဘရိတ် 뿌ယ်
breet poey
NLNederlands
remwortel
rem-vor-tel
NONorsk
bremsrot
brems-rot
PAPA
ਬ੍ਰੇਕ ਦੀ 뿌
brek dee poo
PLPolski
korzeń hamulca
kor-zen ham-ul-tsa
PTPortuguês
raiz do freio
rayz doh frey-woh
RORomână
rădăcină de frână
ra-da-chi-na deh fre-na
RUРусский
корень тормоза
kor-en' tor-mo-za
SVSvenska
bromrot
brom-rot
SWKiswahili
msingi wa brakes
min-gi wa breiks
TAதமிழ்
பின்னடைவு வேர்கள்
pinna-taivu veer-kal
TEతెలుగు
బ్రేక్ మూలం
brek moolan
TLTL
ugat ng brake
oo-gat ng brake
TRTürkçe
fren kökü
fren ko-koo
UKУкраїнська
корінь гальма
ko-ryнь hal-ma
URاردو
بریک کی جڑ
brek ki jar
VITiếng Việt
rễ phanh
ray phanh
YOYO
ẹ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀bẹ́
e-ro e-be
ZUZU
umshini wokuthi
oom-shee wok-oo-thee