Where does “erasement” come from?

erasement (English) comes from English erase, from Latin erasus, from Latin ērādere.

erasement (English): erasure; obliteration

Definitions

  1. erasure; obliteration

Ancestry of “erasement”, step by step

erasement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English erase

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englisheraseto remove markings or information; To obliterate...
2Latinerasusscratched out, scraped off, erased; abolished,...
3Latinērādere—

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Latin ērādere →Every word from Latin erasus →Every word from English erase →