eradication
/ɪˌɹædəˈkeɪʃən/ih-ra-duh-KAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪˌɹædəˈkeɪʃən/ih-ra-duh-KAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of eradicating
Common meaning: rooting out
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- eout
- radica rootLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1521 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘out’ + ‘a root’ → eradication
Journey through time
- Latinrādīx, -īcis‘a root’
- Englisheradicate‘to destroy completely’
- Englishformed in English from eradicateeradication‘rooting out’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from eradicate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ERADICATE, p.194 · scan
Roots
- rādīx, -īcis Latin “a root”
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