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
Ancestry of “extirper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | extirp | To extirpate |
| 2 | French | extirper | to uproot, extirpate; to remove, take out; to... |
| 3 | Latin | exstirpō | — |
| 4 | Latin | stirps | rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |