Etymology

extermination

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Today it means: The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication. Full definition →

Middle French extermination ← Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō
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  1. Ecclesiastical Latin · derived fromexterminātiō
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromextermination
  3. English todayextermination

Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō.

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