Where does “éliminatoire” come from?
éliminatoire (French) comes from French éliminer, from Latin elimino, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
éliminatoire (French): eliminatory (tending to eliminate)
Definitions
- eliminatory (tending to eliminate)
Ancestry of “éliminatoire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | éliminer | to eliminate; to phase out |
| 2 | Latin | elimino | I carry out of doors; I eliminate; I blab |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |