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

  1. to uproot, extirpate; to remove, take out; to...

Ancestry of “extirper”, step by step

extirper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin exstirpō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexstirpōto uproot, root out
2Latinstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via Latin exstirpāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexstirpāre—

Words derived from “extirper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin stirps →Every word from Latin exstirpō →