Smallest field containing $\mathbb{Q}$ and closed under square root

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I'm following Isaacs' Algebra and I need to prove that the field $K$ of constructible numbers is the smallest subfield of $\mathbb{C}$ such that is closed under taking square root.

I already know that $K$ is in fact a field and that if $\alpha \in \mathbb{C}$ such that $\alpha^2\in K$ then $\alpha\in K$ but I don't know how to prove that is the smallest subfield that verifies that property.