Etymograph

English

eradicatory

From eradicate + -ory.

Formed from eradicate + -ory

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 Serving to eradicate.

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

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