Where does “estirpare” come from?

estirpare (Italian) comes from Latin exstirpō, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

estirpare (Italian): to uproot, pull up; to extract, pull; to remove

Definitions

  1. to uproot, pull up; to extract, pull; to remove

Ancestry of “estirpare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “estirpare”

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