extirpate

/ˈekstəˌpeɪt/EK-stur-payt

/ˈɛkstɚˌpeɪt/EK-stur-payt

Meaningto uproot

Common meaning: to root out

exout
tirpa stem, root, stockLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1760 · scan
ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having

‘out’ + ‘a stem, root, stock’ → extirpate

Journey through time

Latinstirps, -pis‘a stem, root, stock’
Englishextirpate‘to root out’ · today

ex- also in: exit exact exalt exert expel

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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Origin: Built on Latin stirps ‘a stem, root, stock’.

Roots

stirps, -pis Latin “a stem, root, stock”

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