Alternative spelling of grassroots

(idiomatic) An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.

(transitive) The action of identifying the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. To root cause something's root cause does not necessarily imply the use of root cause analysis (RCA).

Of a plant, that has become too large and heavy to support itself, and has fallen over, so uprooting itself.

To remove or abolish completely. / To search for and discover.

(Cockney rhyming slang) Boots or other footwear

(linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, a noun formed by adding inflectional endings directly to the root, with no intermediate suffixes.

Alternative spelling of root noun

plural of aerial root

plural of square root