Etymograph

English

eradicator

From eradicate + -or.

A compound of eradicate + -or

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

noun A person who, or thing that eradicates.

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