Etymograph

English

eradicative

From eradicate + -ive.

A compound of eradicate + -ive

Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

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Latin ērādīcō ‘to uproot, root out’

Latin ērādīcātus ‘extirpated, annihilated, eradicated’

Middle English eradicat ‘eradicated’

Middle English eradicaten ‘to eradicate’

English eradicate

Today it means

adj Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.

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

Etymograph / eradicative