rootage

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

    e.g. the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
           Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
           Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
           communism's Russian root

    Synonym: beginning origin root source

2. a developed system of roots

    Synonym: root system

3. rootage是什么意思

3. fixedness by or as if by roots

    e.g. strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith