A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients. Root or roots may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusing on African-American culture * The Roots, a location in the video game '' Kya: Dark Lineage''

Films

* ''Roots'' (film) (), a 1955 Mexican drama * '' Poor Relatives'', also released as ''Roots'', a 2005 Russian film * ''Roots'', the English title for the 2019 Tamil film '' Sethum Aayiram Pon''

Literature and stage plays

* ''Koreni'' (novel) (English: ''The Roots''), a 1954 novel by Serbian author Dobrica Ćosić * ''Roots'' (play), a 1958 play by Arnold Wesker * '' Roots: The Saga of an American Family'', a 1976 novel by Alex Haley about slavery in the United States

Music

* Root (chord), the fundamental note of a chord * Roots music (disambiguation)

Groups and individuals

* Root (band), a Czech metal band * Root (singer), a Japanese singer * Root!, an Australian alt-country band * The Roots, a hip-hop group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Albums and EPs

* ''Roots'' (Idrees Sulieman album), 1958 * ''Roots'' (The Everly Brothers album), 1968 * ''Roots'' (Curtis Mayfield album), 1971 * '' Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits'', 1975 * ''Roots'' (Slide Hampton album), 1985 * ''Roots'' (Sepultura album), 1996 * ''Roots'' (Cedar Walton album), 1997 * ''Root'', a 1999 album by Thurston Moore * ''Roots'' (Blue Mountain album), 2001 * ''Roots'' (Shawn McDonald album), 2008 * '' R.O.O.T.S.'', a 2009 album by Flo Rida * ''Roots'' (Johnny Winter album), 2011 * ''Roots'' (EP), 2013, by Orla Gartland * ''Roots'' (The Cavemen album), 2020 *''Roots'', an album by Martin Fröst

Songs

* "Root", a song by Deftones on the 1995 album '' Adrenaline'' * " The Root", a song by D'Angelo, on the 2000 album ''Voodoo'' * "Roots", by the band Spunge on their 2002 album '' The Story So Far'' * "Roots", a song on the 2006 Show of Hands album ''

Witness In law, a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, either oral or written, of what they know or claim to know. A witness might be compelled to provide testimony in court, before a grand jur ...

'' * "Roots" (song), a song by Imagine Dragons * "Roots", a 2016 song by the band Parmalee * "Roots", by the band In This Moment on their 2017 album ''

Ritual A ritual is a repeated, structured sequence of actions or behaviors that alters the internal or external state of an individual, group, or environment, regardless of conscious understanding, emotional context, or symbolic meaning. Traditionally ...

'' * " Roots (World Junior Song)", a 2018 by The Reklaws * "Roots", a 2019 song by Galantis and Valerie Broussard * "R.O.O.T.S.", a 2009 song by Flo Rida

Television

* ''Roots'' (1977 miniseries), based upon the Alex Haley novel * ''Roots'' (2016 miniseries), remake of the 1977 miniseries * '' .hack//Roots'', a 2006 anime series created by Bee Train * "The Roots" (''The Amazing World of Gumball''), a 2016 episode * "Roots" (''Doctors''), a 2003 episode * "Roots" (''Get a Life''), a 1991 episode * "Roots" (''Haven''), a 2011 episode * "Roots" (''One Day at a Time'') a 2018 episode

Businesses

* Root, Inc., an American insurance company * Roots Canada, a clothing brand with stores worldwide * Roots (restaurant), a Michelin starred restaurant in York, in England

Computing

* /root, the Unix superuser's home directory in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard * ROOT, an object-oriented multipurpose data analysis package developed by CERN * root, a name for the superuser account in some operating systems * Root directory, the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy * Root node, the node in a tree data structure from which every other node is accessible * ROOTS (software), a series of genealogy programs

Mathematics

* th root of a number **

Root of unity In mathematics, a root of unity is any complex number that yields 1 when exponentiation, raised to some positive integer power . Roots of unity are used in many branches of mathematics, and are especially important in number theory, the theory ...

, a complex number which is an th root of one * Root of an equation, a solution of the equation * Root of a function, more meaningfully called ''zero of a function'', an argument for which the function evaluates to zero * Digital root, the sum of a number's digits * Any of the elements of a

root system In mathematics, a root system is a configuration of vector space, vectors in a Euclidean space satisfying certain geometrical properties. The concept is fundamental in the theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, especially the classification and ...

of vectors * One designated vertex of a rooted tree in graph theory * The root or base of a number system

People

* Root (surname), a family name * Roots Manuva (born 1972), British rapper * Rutaba Yaqub, Saudi Arabian singer, also known as "Roots" * Root, Japanese singer from Strawberry prince * Elmar Roots (1900–1962), Estonian veterinarian * Byron Root Pierce (1829–1924), American dentist and American Civil War veteran

Places

* Root, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Lucerne * Root River (disambiguation)

United States

* Roots, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Henrietta Township, Jackson County * Root, New York, a town in Montgomery County * Roots, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place in Blair County * Root Township, Adams County, Indiana

Other uses

* ''Root'' (board game), a game published by Leder Games * Root (Chinese constellation) *

Root (linguistics) A root (also known as a root word or radical) is the core of a word that is irreducible into more meaningful elements. In morphology, a root is a morphologically simple unit which can be left bare or to which a prefix or a suffix can attach. ...

, the core form of a word * Roots, one's cultural heritage * Root, Australasian slang for

sexual intercourse Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion of the Erection, erect male Human penis, penis inside the female vagina and followed by Pelvic thrust, thrusting motions for sexual pleasure ...