roots

Noun

plural form of root
The roots of a tree provide it with water.
Ancestors
I have both Irish and German roots.
Beginnings
Jazz has its roots in blues.

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Grass roots efforts to assist people in need.
If that Alex returned to his roots, there was no reason she couldn't be at his side.
Under the most splendid house in the city is still to be found the cellar where they store their roots as of old, and long after the superstructure has disappeared posterity remark its dent in the earth.
Grabbing the worn roots of an old tree, she climbed out of the pool.
"Damned magic …" Katie drifted off, looking at the roots anew. "Magic."

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