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Words with a similar base: root, root_word, rootage, rootle, take_root, tooth_root

'root'

[root.n.01] as in: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

'root'

[beginning.n.04] as in: the place where something begins, where it springs into being

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

'root'

[root.n.03] as in: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

Examples:
thematic vowels are part of the stem

'root'

[root.n.04] as in: a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

'root'

[solution.n.04] as in: the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

'root'

[ancestor.n.01] as in: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

'root'

[etymon.n.01] as in: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

'root'

[root.n.08] as in: the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

'root'

[root.v.01] as in: take root and begin to grow

Examples:
this plant roots quickly

'root'

[root.v.02] as in: come into existence, originate

Examples:
The problem roots in her depression

'root'

[root.v.03] as in: plant by the roots

'root'

[rout.v.02] as in: dig with the snout

Examples:
the pig was rooting for truffles

'root'

[settle.v.07] as in: become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

Examples:
He finally settled down

'root'

[root.v.06] as in: cause to take roots

Origins

					root (English)
├── root (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── wroten (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── wrotan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))