roots
noun/ɹuːts/ · Midwestern-US /ɹʊts/
1
Ancestry.
- I have both Irish and German roots.
2
Beginnings; origin.
- Jazz has its roots in blues.
3
Of hair Grown-out hair, often of a grey or natural colour.
- I just coloured my hair and already my roots are showing.
- Derived terms
- grassroots, pegroots