rootage — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The process of forming roots.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. Roots collectively.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Hampton delves into all sortsa cultural rootage — from country blues to smarmy Broadway show-tunage, combining them in a friendly, swinging way.

Noun

1. fixedness by or as if by roots

   Broader terms

   stationarinessimmobilityfixedness

   Examples

   strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith

2. a developed system of roots

   Synonyms

   root system

   Broader terms

   systemscheme

3. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

   Synonyms

   beginningoriginrootsource

   Broader terms

   point

   Examples

   the Italian beginning of the Renaissance

   Jupiter was the origin of the radiation

   More examples (2)

   Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River

   communism's Russian root