Where does “abrasion” come from?
Abrasion comes from French abrasion, from Medieval Latin abrasio, from Latin abrado meaning to scrape away, combining ab and a root from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d-.
abrasion (English): The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the...
Definitions
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the...
Ancestry of “abrasion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | abrasion | abrasion |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | abrasio | a scraping; The act of scratching, scraping or... |
| 3 | Latin | abrādō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 5 | Latin | āb | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
Words derived from “abrasion”