1. rootage

fixedness by or as if by roots

Example Sentences:
'strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith'

2. root system, rootage

a developed system of roots

Synonyms

• root system

3. beginning, origin, root, rootage, source

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Example 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'

Synonyms

• beginning
• origin
• root
• source