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- Latin · borrowed fromērādīcātiō
- English todayeradication
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate + -ion or e- (“without”) + radication.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.