rootage, n.
(rootages)
(rootages)
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
beginning origin root rootage source
sample sentences
"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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derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
a developed system of roots
<noun.plant>
root system rootage
fixedness by or as if by roots
<noun.state>
rootage
sample sentences
"strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"
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hypernym