Where does “rasure” come from?
rasure (English) comes from Middle English rasure, from Middle French rasure, from Latin rāsūra, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
rasure (English): Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order...
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- Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order...
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