Rootage (Noun)
Meaning 1
The 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".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Jumping-off Place
- Cradle
- Headwater
- Point Source
- Wellhead
- Fountainhead
- Place Of Origin
- Head
- Birthplace
- Point Of Departure
- Home
- Trailhead
- Derivation
- Headspring
- Wellspring
- Provenience
- Spring
- Trail Head
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Meaning 3
Fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.