eliminate
/ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt/ih-LIH-muh-nayt
/ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt/ih-LIH-muh-nayt
Meaningto put out of doors
Common meaning: to remove (first: to put out of doors)
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- limina thresholdLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1066 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘out’ + ‘a threshold’ → eliminate
Journey through time
- Latinlīmen, -inis‘a threshold’
- Englisheliminate‘to remove (first: to put out of doors)’ · today
e- also in: emitejecteraseerecterode
limin also in: subliminalpreliminary
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin līmen ‘a threshold’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry līmen, p. 1066 · dictionary scan
Roots
- līmen, -inis Latin “a threshold”
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