Where does “abrasion” come from?

abrasion (French) comes from Medieval Latin abrasio, from Latin abrādō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abrasion (French): abrasion

Definitions

  1. abrasion

Ancestry of “abrasion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinabrasioa scraping; The act of scratching, scraping or...
2Latinabrādōto scratch, rub, scrape off or away, abrade
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abrasion”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Latin āb →