 rootage |
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| 1. | [ noun ] fixedness by or as if by roots | |
| Examples: | "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith" |
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| Related terms: | stationariness | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the place where something begins, where it springs into being | |
| Synonyms: | source origin root beginning | |
| Examples: | "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance" "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation" "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River" "communism's Russian root" |
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| Related terms: | point home headwaters derivation fountainhead birthplace spring trail_head point_source jumping-off_place wellhead root | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a developed system of roots | |
| Synonyms: | root_system | |
| Related terms: | system root | |
| Similar spelling: |
Rotz ROTC roots |
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