root

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Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|English|from=Middle English}} from a byname from {{der|en|enm|rote||glad}}.
2. {{surname|en|English|from=occupations}} for a [[rote]] (medieval guitar)-player.
3. {{surname|en|habitational|from=Dutch}} for someone living near a [[retting]] place ({{cog|nl|root}}, from {{m|nl|roten||to ret}}).
4. {{place|en|town|canton/Lucerne|c/Switzerland}}.
5. {{place|en|twp|co/Adams County|s/Indiana|c/USA}}.
6. {{place|en|town|co/Montgomery County|s/New York|c/US|;|named for lawyer and politician {{w|Erastus Root}}}}.
7. {{place|en|river|s/Minnesota|c/US|;|named as a translation of its native [[Dakota]] name}}.
8. {{place|en|river|s/Wisconsin|c/US}}.

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