English-French translations for roots

• aïeux
• origines
• souche
  Il paraît clair qu'une approche multidimensionnelle est requise si nous devons garantir que les souches du terrorisme international seront attaquées de front. Clearly, a multi-faceted approach is needed if we are to guarantee that the roots of international terrorism are tackled head-on.
• sources
  Il est temps que la politique néerlandaise revienne à ses sources. It is time Dutch politics returned to their roots.

Definition of roots

• Ancestry
• Beginnings; origin

Examples

• I have both Irish and German roots.
• Jazz has its roots in blues.

Related words

• rootstock
• grassroots
• grassroots democracy
• netroots activist
• grassroots sport
• grassroots movement
• have roots in
• grass roots
• put down roots