Root

Proper Noun

• from a byname from Middle English rote ("glad").
• for a rote (medieval guitar)-player.
• for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten).
• town canton, Lucerne Switzerland (country).
• town New York (state) US (country) ; named for lawyer and politician {{w Erastus Root}}.
• river Minnesota (state) US (country) ; named as a translation of its native Dakota name.
• river Wisconsin (state) US (country).