Etymology of the English word eradicate
the English word
eradicatederived from the Church Latin word
eradicatioderived from the Latin word
eradicare (root out,eradicate)
using the Late Latin prefix
e-derived from the Late Latin word
radix (root; root; base; square-root)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wrad-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wrād-using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsDate
The earliest known usage of eradicate in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
eradicated,
eradicatingUsage
Word found in Modern English
