Where does “abrade” come from?

abrade (English) comes from Middle English abraiden, from Old English ābreġdan, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

abrade (English): To rub or wear off; erode; To wear down or...

Definitions

  1. To rub or wear off; erode; To wear down or...

Ancestry of “abrade”, step by step

abrade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English abraiden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishabraiden—
2Old Englishābreġdanto move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from,...
3Old Englishā-a-; away, out
4Old Englishar-—
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Latin abrādō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabrādōto scratch, rub, scrape off or away, abrade
2Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
3Latinābfrom, away from, out of
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abrade”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →