Elimination
/ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən/noun
The act of removing or getting rid of something or someone.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin *limen*, meaning “threshold,” so to eliminate something was originally to send it beyond the doorway — linguistically, it’s banishment by the doorframe.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lei-
“to lean, bend, or slope”
Latin
Latin
limen
“threshold, sill, doorway”
Latin
Latin
eliminare
“to turn out of doors, expel from a house”
Late Latin
Latin
eliminatio
“an expulsion or removal”
Middle French
French
élimination
“expulsion, removal”
Modern English
English
elimination
“the act of removing or getting rid of something”
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