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noun • the place where something begins, where it springs into being • properties attributable to your ancestry • an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events • the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero • the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||||||
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noun • (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 verb • 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 | ||||||||
| 27% | 6 | Its etymology may derive from the diminutive of "borough" in Italian | ||||||
noun • formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live • any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping • a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions | ||||||||
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