Where does “root extraction” come from?

root extraction (English) comes from English extraction, from Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio, from Latin extraho, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — whale, sea monster; abyss.

root extraction (English): The process or result of computing the nth root of a real or complex number

Definitions

  1. The process or result of computing the nth root of a real or complex number

Ancestry of “root extraction”, step by step

root extraction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English extraction

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishextractionAn act of extracting or the condition of being...
2Old Frenchestraction
3Medieval Latinextractioextraction, rescue
4LatinextrahoI drag, pull or draw forth or out; extract,...
5Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
6LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicōto impart, share
9Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
10Old Latincom(m)oinis
11Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
17Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
18Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via English root

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrootThe part of a plant, generally underground, that...
2Middle EnglishroteThe root; The foundation or base of a...
3Old Frenchroteroute, path
4Latinruptanominative feminine singular of ruptus;...
5Latinruptusbroken; ruptured, burst
6Latinrumpōto break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrunéptito be breaking
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος