The story
- Latin · derived fromrādīx, rādīcis“a root”
- French · calque ofdéraciner
- English todayderacinate
PIE word *wréh₂ds First attested in 1609; calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“a root”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.