Meaning of ROOTAGE

Pronunciation:			'rootij
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  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" [n]  a developed system of roots [n]  fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"
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	Synonyms:		beginning, origin, root, root system, source
	See Also:		birthplace, cradle, derivation, fixedness, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwaters, home, immobility, jumping-off place, jumping-off point, place of origin, point, point source, provenance, root, spring, stationariness, system, trail head, wellhead, wellspring