“+ij noun
( -s )
Etymology: root (I) + -age
1. : a developed system of roots : a firm rooting
the heavy rootage of bunchgrass necessitated ploughing the land a year in advance — American Guide Series: Washington
it is among the ignorant that all sorts of superstitions and panaceas take rootage and flourish — Automobilist
2. : the origin or beginnings of something : root 3a(1)
a man of lowly rootage — Raymond Moley
all these philosophies had a Greek rootage and were developed further in the Hellenistic world — K.S.Latourette
the disquiet to conscience … has rootage in the religious and ethical soil — B.G.Gallagher
repentance has a deep rootage in the spirit of man — O.J.Raab