Where does “extirper” come from?
extirper (English) comes from English extirp, from French extirper, from Latin exstirpō, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
extirper (English): An extirpator
Definitions
- An extirpator
Ancestry of “extirper”, step by step
extirper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extirp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extirp | To extirpate |
| 2 | French | extirper | to uproot, extirpate; to remove, take out; to... |
| 3 | Latin | exstirpō | to uproot, root out |
| 4 | Latin | stirps | rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |