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rootedness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English rooted Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English rootedness From rooted + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being rooted
    • An uncle might be around to offer a spare bedroom, or a job at the plant, or the church might be there for guidance, for rootedness. 1989 December 22, Mary Wisniewski, “Giving Shelter: a west-side boy comes home”, in Chicago Reader:

Antonyms

rootlessness · uprootedness

Relateds

deep-rootedness

Translations (3)

de Verwurzeltsein (state or quality of being rooted) · nl verworteling (state or quality of being rooted) · de Verwurzelung (state or quality of being rooted)