Usually means: Origins or basis of something.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word roots:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. roots: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. roots: Merriam-Webster
  3. roots: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. roots: Collins English Dictionary
  5. roots: Vocabulary.com
  6. Root's, Roots, root's, roots: Wordnik
  7. roots: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. roots: Wiktionary
  9. Roots: Dictionary.com
  10. roots: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. R.O.O.T.S, Roots (Cedar Walton album), Roots (Curtis Mayfield album), Roots (Everly Brothers album), Roots (Gipsy Kings album), Roots (Haven), Roots (Idrees Sulieman album), Roots (Imagine Dragons song), Roots (Johnny Winter album), Roots (Sepultura album), Roots (Shawn McDonald Album), Roots (Slide Hampton album), Roots (TV miniseries), Roots (The Everly Brothers album), Roots (book), Roots (mini-series), Roots (novel), Roots (play), Roots (song), Roots, The Roots (band), The Roots, The roots: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. roots: Rhymezone
  13. roots: FreeDictionary.org
  14. roots: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. roots: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Television (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. roots: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Roots: Management Dictionary
  3. roots: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roots: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. roots: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. roots: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ROOTS: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. roots: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Roots: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  3. roots, roots: Prime

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. roots, roots, roots, roots: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Roots: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (roots)

noun:  Ancestry.
noun:  Beginnings; origin.
noun:  (of hair) Grown-out hair, often of a grey or natural colour.

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