Where does “arrachage” come from?

arrachage (French) comes from French arracher, from Old French esrachier, from Latin exradicare, from Latin rādīx, from Proto-Italic wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

arrachage (French): lifting; weeding

Definitions

  1. lifting; weeding

Ancestry of “arrachage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencharracherto uproot, pull up, tear out; to extract, take...
2Old Frenchesrachierto eradicate; to get rid of
3Latinexradicare—
4Latinrādīxroot of a plant
5Proto-Italicwrādīksroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic wrādīks →Every word from Latin rādīx →