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Today's #RandomEnglishWord in honour of my relationship with poison ivy

#eradicate - destroy completely, literally "take out the root"

- French: éradiquer

- Spanish: erradicar

- German: auslöschen

- Dutch: uitroeien

- Danish: udrydde

- Norwegian: utrydde

Each word contains that language's word for "out".
"Löschen" means to delete or clear
"Rydde" means to clear or tidy.
The Dutch "roeien" is not to do with rowing but with "rooien" or harvesting root vegetables and, you know, tulip bulbs

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#sheep - the domestic mammal kept for wool and meat;
#mutton - the dish prepared from it

- French: mouton, mouton

- Spanish: oveja, cordero

- German: Schaf, Hammelfleisch

- Dutch: schaap, schapenvlees

- Danish: får, fårekød

- Norwegian: sau, fårekjøtt

Again: while in the meadow, "sheep" is related to Germanic word, but once on the table, "mutton" is related to the French word, which is in turn related to the proto-Celtic "moltos" that blew over to Bretagne.