What is the root for the word elucidation?

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Here are other words with the same root:
e·luci·dation n.
e·luci·dative adj.
e·luci·dator n.
elucidate = verb

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P.S. And from the stymology dictionary:
elucidate Look up elucidate at Dictionary.com
1560s, from L.L. elucidatus, pp. of elucidare "make clear," from ex- "out, away" + lucidus "clear" (see lucid). Related: Elucidated; elucidates; elucidating.

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