4-Letter Words That Start With: ROOT

• (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

• 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 equation

• 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 processes

• the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair

• take root and begin to grow

• come into existence, originate

• cheer for

• 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