Where does “extirpar” come from?

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

extirpar (Portuguese): to extirpate; to uproot

Definitions

  1. to extirpate; to uproot

Ancestry of “extirpar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexstirpōto uproot, root out
2Latinstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin stirps →Every word from Latin exstirpō →