Nouns

(n)root(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
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(n)beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcethe place where something begins, where it springs into being“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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(n)root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed“thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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(n)roota number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
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(n)solution, rootthe set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
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(n)ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, rootsomeone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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(n)etymon, roota simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
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(n)rootthe embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
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Verbs

(v)roottake root and begin to grow“this plant roots quickly”
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(v)rootcome into existence, originate“The problem roots in her depression”
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(v)rootcheer for“She roots for the Broncos”
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(v)rootplant by the roots
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(v)rout, root, rootledig with the snout“the pig was rooting for truffles”
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(v)settle, root, take root, steady down, settle downbecome settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style“He finally settled down”
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(v)rootcause to take roots
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