Where does “abrasive” come from?
Abrasive comes from Latin abrasivus, formed from ab- (away) plus a root meaning to scrape, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d-.
abrasive (English): Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the...
Definitions
- Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the...
Ancestry of “abrasive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | abrāsīvus | — |
Words derived from “abrasive”