Where does “elimina” come from?

elimina (Maltese) comes from Italian eliminare, from Latin elimino, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

elimina (Maltese): to eliminate

Definitions

  1. to eliminate

Ancestry of “elimina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianeliminareto eliminate
2LatineliminoI carry out of doors; I eliminate; I blab
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin elimino →