Where does “eliminate” come from?
Eliminate comes from Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare meaning "to turn out of doors," from Latin ex- "out" and a root meaning "threshold or door."
eliminate (English): To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to;...
Definitions
- To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to;...
Ancestry of “eliminate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | eliminatus | |
| 2 | Latin | elimino | I carry out of doors; I eliminate; I blab |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |