Etymograph

English

eradicate

Eradicate comes from Latin ērādīcātus ‘extirpated, annihilated, eradicated’, from ērādīcō ‘to uproot, root out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wréh₂ds‘root’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wrādīks‘root’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErādīx‘root’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērādīcō‘to uproot, root out’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērādīcātus‘extirpated, annihilated, eradicated’perfect passive participle of ērādīcō
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500eradicat‘eradicated’
  7. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500eradicaten‘to eradicate’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1986eradicate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wréh₂ds‘root’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wrādīks‘root’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErādīx‘root’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērādīcō‘to uproot, root out’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērādīcātus‘extirpated, annihilated, eradicated’perfect passive participle of ērādīcō
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500eradicat‘eradicated’
  7. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500eradicaten‘to eradicate’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1986eradicate

Earliest quotation: 1986, Tony Marcus Antuan Haywood, Personal advertisement: “I would like to know if there are any…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

root, wort, rote, rance, ramus, 27 more

through Proto-Italic *wrādīks ‘root’

radically, 13 more

through Latin rādīx ‘root’

race, radical, radish, radix, 14 more

Today it means

verb To pull up by the roots.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds / eradicate

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