Definitions for roots

(the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots")

((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)

(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")

((linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem")

(a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number)

(the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation)

(someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))

(a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes)

(the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support)

(take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly")

(come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression")

(plant by the roots)

(dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles")

(become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down")

(cause to take roots)