rootage

Other forms: rootages

Definitions of rootage

1. noun

   a developed system of roots
   synonyms: root system

   type of:

   scheme, system

   a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
2. noun

   fixedness by or as if by roots
   “strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith”

   type of:

   fixedness, immobility, stationariness

   remaining in place
3. noun

   the place where something begins, where it springs into being
   synonyms: beginning, origin, root, source

   types:

   derivation

   the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)

   spring

   a point at which water issues forth

   fountainhead, head, headspring

   the source of water from which a stream arises

   headwater

   the source of a river

   wellhead, wellspring

   the source of water for a well

   jumping-off place, point of departure

   a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched

   birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience

   where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

   home

   place where something began and flourished

   point source

   a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted

   trail head, trailhead

   the beginning of a trail

   type of:

   point

   the precise location of something; a spatially limited location