Where does “extirp” come from?
extirp (English) comes from French extirper, from Latin exstirpō, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
extirp (English): To extirpate
Ancestry of “extirp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | extirper | to uproot, extirpate; to remove, take out; to... |
| 2 | Latin | exstirpō | — |
| 3 | Latin | stirps | rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
Words derived from “extirp”