Where does “extirpar” come from?
extirpar (Ido) comes from English extirpate, from Latin exstirpatus, from Latin exstirpō, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
extirpar (Ido): extirpate, uproot; to cut out, remove totally; to...
Definitions
- extirpate, uproot; to cut out, remove totally; to...
Ancestry of “extirpar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extirpate | To clear an area of roots and stumps; To pull up... |
| 2 | Latin | exstirpatus | uprooted; eradicated, extirpated |
| 3 | Latin | exstirpō | to uproot, root out |
| 4 | Latin | stirps | rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |