The story
- Latin · derived fromab
- Latin · derived fromexradicare
- Old French · derived fromarachier
- Middle English · inherited fromaracen
- English todayarace
From Middle English aracen, arasen, from Old French arachier, esracier (modern French arracher), from Latin exradicare, eradicare. The prefix a- is perhaps due to Latin ab. See eradicate.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englisharacen all →
rash
Latinexradicare all →
rash
Latinab all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.