rootlets

• (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
• the place where something begins, where it springs into being
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• 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 equationsolution
• 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 processesetymon
• the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as supporttooth root
• take root and begin to grow
• come into existence, originate
• plant by the roots
• dig with the snout
• become settled or established and stable in one´s residence or life style
• cause to take roots

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