Where does “erosion” come from?
Erosion comes from Middle French erosion, from Latin erosio, the noun form of erodere meaning to eat away, derived from the prefix ex- and rodere meaning to gnaw.
erosion (English): The result of having been worn away or eroded, as...
Definitions
- The result of having been worn away or eroded, as...
Ancestry of “erosion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | erosion | — |
| 2 | Latin | erosio | eating away |
| 3 | Latin | erodo | I gnaw away; corrode |
| 4 | Latin | rōdō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
Words derived from “erosion”