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· Old Norse
rót
2 English words descend from Old Norse
rót
, most common first.
rote
Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
uproot
To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.