Where does “attrit” come from?

attrit (English) comes from Latin attrītus, from Latin atterō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

attrit (English): To wear down through attrition, especially...

Definitions

  1. To wear down through attrition, especially...

Ancestry of “attrit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinattrītusrubbed (against)
2Latinatterōto wear away, rub away
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “attrit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →