myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of eradicare

Etymology of the Latin word eradicare

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 *eghs

Italian eradicare, Portuguese erradicar, Romanian ridica, Romanian eradica, Spanish erradicar