United States writer whose novels portray middle-class Jewish life (born in 1933)
"The Roth novel American Pastoral offers a poignant portrait of middle-class Jewish life in suburban New York."
A surname, from Middle English of English origin.
"Many families trace their lineage to the Roth family name, a common English surname derived from Middle English origins."
The word roth is a surname with multiple possible origins rather than a single root meaning. It entered English usage as a family name without deriving from an earlier common noun or verb.