Where does “extirper” come from?
extirper (French) comes from Latin exstirpō, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
extirper (French): to uproot, extirpate; to remove, take out; to...
Definitions
- to uproot, extirpate; to remove, take out; to...
Ancestry of “extirper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | exstirpō | — |
| 2 | Latin | stirps | rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |