Where does “elimination” come from?

elimination (English) comes from French éliminer, from Latin elimino, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

elimination (English): The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing...

Definitions

  1. The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing...

Ancestry of “elimination”, step by step

elimination traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French éliminer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéliminerto eliminate; to phase out
2LatineliminoI carry out of doors; I eliminate; I blab
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Latin ēliminātiō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēliminātiōelimination

Words derived from “elimination”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin elimino →
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