rote
Middle English
/ˈroːt(ə)/, /rɔːt/, /ˈrɔːt(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- The root submerged part of a plant:
- The foundation or base of a protuberance or extension of the body:
- Something which generates, creates, or emanates something:
- The foundation of a tall structure e.g. a trunk, pole, turret
- The (or a key) foundational or core condition, essence or portion of something.
- One who descends from another; a member of an individual's lineage or stock.
- The base of a peak or mount; the beginning of an elevation.
- A protuberance resembling or functioning like a root.
- The most inner, central, or deepest part of something.
- (rare) Data used for astronomical purposes.
- (rare) A mathematical root.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English rōt derived from Old Norse rót (root, tossing, pitching) derived from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (root) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (root).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wréh₂ds
Gloss
root
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
根
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alumroot English
- arrowroot English
- balsamroot English
- bareroot English
- beetroot English
- birthroot English
- biscuitroot English
- bitterroot English
- blackroot English
- bloodroot English
- breadroot English
- chinaroot English
- clubroot English
- colicroot English
- coralroot English
- crinkleroot English
- disroot English
- dragonroot English
- enroot English
- fernroot English
- feverroot English
- fingerroot English
- flagroot English
- grassroot English
- knotroot English
- manroot English
- midroot English
- multiroot English
- muskroot English
- nonroot English
- orangeroot English
- outroot English
- pigroot English
- pinkroot English
- pokeroot English
- puttyroot English
- redroot English
- reroot English
- riceroot English
- root English
- root bark English
- root-fallen English
- rootable English
- rootball English
- rootbark English
- rootbound English
- rootcap English
- rooter English
- rootery English
- rootest English
- rooteth English
- rootfinder English
- rootfinding English
- roothold English
- roothole English
- rooting English
- rootkit English
- rootle English
- rootless English
- rootlet English
- rootlike English
- rootogram English
- rootrot English
- rootstock English
- rootward English
- rootwork English
- rootworker English
- rootworm English
- rooty English
- rootzone English
- roseroot English
- rote English
- rotelike English
- rotely English
- rotework English
- rotten English
- snakeroot English
- soaproot English
- squawroot English
- stoneroot English
- sunroot English
- sweetroot English
- taproot English
- unroot English
- uproot English
- webroot English
- wormroot English
- yellowroot English
- ramus Latin
- rādīcis, rādīx Latin
- rāmus Latin
- ῥάδιξ Ancient Greek
- ῥίζα Ancient Greek
- *wrd- Proto-Indo-European
- *wréh₂ds Proto-Indo-European
- rot Norwegian Bokmål
- root Portuguese
- *wrōts Proto-Germanic
- *wurt- Proto-Germanic
- *wurtiz, *wrōts Proto-Germanic
- rot Norwegian Nynorsk
- rōt Old English
- wyrt Old English
- root Middle English
- roote Middle English
- rooten Middle English
- rot Middle English
- roten Middle English
- rotennesse Middle English
- rotyn Middle English
- rotynge Middle English
- rotinn Old Norse
- rót Old Norse
- urt Old Norse
- rod Danish
- *rodъ Proto-Slavic
- rót Icelandic
- रटना Hindi
- रट्टा मारना Hindi
- ریشه Persian
- wurz Old High German
- wurzala Old High German
- *րգատ Old Armenian
- rót Faroese
- *wurti gmw-pro
- *wradios Proto-Celtic
- *wradyos Proto-Celtic
- *wridmā Proto-Celtic
- root Chinese
- rot Old Swedish
- rot, rōt Old Swedish
- *wrād-ī- Proto-Italic
- *wrādīks Proto-Italic
- reh Northern Kurdish
- *radas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- witsako Tocharian B