What does "roots" mean?

Vocabulary Word: roots

1. Definition (n.) history; background; where something comes from

Examples I would like to go to the library to learn about my family’s roots.

Examples The miniseries Roots tells the history of a slave family in the early United States.

Examples My roots are based in architecture. My mother was an architect, and her father was also an architect.

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2. Definition (n.) foundation or source

Examples The urge to tend my garden can be traced back to my family’s agricultural roots.

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MotherEarth

Canada

There has been a root corruption for revulotion of Iran back in 70 ’s .
Two countries had made it . One of country did by its media it’s called BBC and the other one had done with its world power as USA .
But there is Big Question why both of them wanted to change King Of Iran ?
It’s very simple to answer the question . It is natural resource and strategic of Iran in its region .