Where does “erasement” come from?
erasement (English) comes from English erase, from Latin erasus, from Latin ērādere.
erasement (English): erasure; obliteration
Ancestry of “erasement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | erase | to remove markings or information; To obliterate... |
| 2 | Latin | erasus | scratched out, scraped off, erased; abolished,... |
| 3 | Latin | ērādere | — |