Where does “dermabrasion” come from?
dermabrasion (English) comes from English abrasion, from French abrasion, from Medieval Latin abrasio, from Latin abrādō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
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Ancestry of “dermabrasion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | abrasion | The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the... |
| 2 | French | abrasion | abrasion |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | abrasio | a scraping; The act of scratching, scraping or... |
| 4 | Latin | abrādō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 6 | Latin | āb | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
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