English
rooting
Rooting comes from Middle English roten ‘to root’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500roten‘to root’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500rotynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1526rooting
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500roten‘to root’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500rotynge
- Englishearliest quotation 1526rooting
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “as sone as the sun was uppe it caught…”
Formed from root + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’
Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘root’
Old Norse rót ‘root’
Old English rōt ‘root’
Middle English rote ‘underground part of a plant’
English root
Linked words
through Middle English roten ‘to root’
through Middle English rotynge
Today it means
noun A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English roten / rooting