Where does “extirpar” come from?
extirpar (Spanish) comes from Latin exstirpō, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
extirpar (Spanish): to uproot; to extirpate; to cut out surgically
Definitions
- to uproot; to extirpate; to cut out surgically
Ancestry of “extirpar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | exstirpō | — |
| 2 | Latin | stirps | rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |