Root vs Sedan

Root

name
  • A river in Minnesota, United States; named as a translation of its native Dakota name. 

  • A town in Lucerne canton, Switzerland. 

  • A river in Wisconsin, United States. 

  • A town in New York, United States; named for lawyer and politician Erastus Root. 

  • A habitational surname from Dutch for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten (“to ret”)). 

  • An English surname from Middle English from a byname from Middle English rote (“glad”). 

  • An English surname originating as an occupation for a rote (medieval guitar)-player. 

Sedan

name
  • A tiny city in Pope County, Minnesota. USA. 

  • A commune of the Ardennes department, France. 

  • An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. 

  • A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. 

  • A rural town in South Australia, 100 kilometres east of Adelaide. 

  • An unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States. 

  • A small city, the county seat of Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. Named after the Battle of Sedan. 

  • An unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States. 

How often have the words Root and Sedan occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )