English → Latin
“eliminate” in Latin
āmoveōto remove from, move, put, or take away; to withdraw, retire; to take away by stealth, steal, or snatchēlīminōto carry out of doors
The English word eliminate itself goes back to Latin līmen, through ēlīminātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
eliminate
amovere: eliminare (= domo expellere, late; also “to carry over the threshold,” dicta foras eliminare, Hor.; perhaps it may be retained for mathematical technical term).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for eliminate?
- The usual Latin words for “eliminate” are āmoveō, ēlīminō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.