Roots (6)
(Other definitions for embeds that I've seen before include "Fixes in something solid" , "Fixes firmly into surrounding mass" , "Attaches to, as a journalist to a military unit to report a war" , "Sets or fixes firmly and deeply" .)
'roots' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for origin that I've seen before include "Where X meets Y" , "Source, root" , "spring" , "Source, derivation" , "Where axes cut" .)