rooting

From Middle English rotynge (“rooting”); equivalent to root +‎ -ing.

rooting (countable and uncountable, plural rootings)

1. A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark:

     as sone as the sun was uppe it caught heet: and because it had nott rotynge it wyddred awaye.

2. The process of forming roots or taking roots.
3. A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
4. A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.

   These rootings may be as deep as two and a half feet, depending on how large a pig has been working.

   • 1968, Gary Douglas E. Joll, Big game hunting in New Zealand, page 209:
5. The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.

rooting

1. present participle and gerund of root

• rooting tooting

• Rogotin