rootage

[ roo-tij, root-ij ]

noun

1. the act of taking root.
2. a root system or firm fixture by means of roots. root.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rootage¹

First recorded in 1580–90; root ¹ + -age

Example Sentences

Nothing is more astounding, on their own showing, than the ignorance of the Fathers about the nature, the significance, the descent of Gnosticism, and its rootage in the remotest past.

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Sturdy oaks and mountain pines that had weathered every storm for fifty years, were torn up from their firm rootage.

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The opposite wall was covered with verdure—hardy trees and shrubs found their rootage in the crevices between the rocks.

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We shall find our rootage in the soil.

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You forget the wide rootages of everything when you boost some particular region.

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