roots
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roots
- /ɹuːts/
- /ɹʊts/ Midwestern US
Rhymes with -uːts
noun
- plural of root
noun
- Ancestry. I have both Irish and German roots.
- Beginnings; origin. Jazz has its roots in blues.
- Grown-out hair, often of a grey or natural colour. I just coloured my hair and already my roots are showing.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: solution, rootle, side, rout, base, stem, radical, origin, beginning, theme, root word, source, basic, tooth root, lineage, grassroots
Translations
Talk about this word "roots." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/roots. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. roots. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/roots "roots." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/roots.Cite this
@misc{roots_2026,
title = {roots},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roots},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
