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Where does “corrosive” come from?

Corrosive comes from Old French corrosif, meaning to gnaw or eat away.

corrosive (English): Eating away; having the power of gradually...

Definitions

  1. Eating away; having the power of gradually...

Ancestry of “corrosive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcorrosif—
2Latincorrosivusgnawing; corrosive

Words derived from “corrosive”

  • corrosivity
  • noncorrosive
  • corrosiveness
  • corrosively
  • corsive
Every word from Latin corrosivus →