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Where does “erodere” come from?

erodere (Italian) comes from Latin erodo, from Latin rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

erodere (Italian): to erode

Definitions

  1. to erode

Ancestry of “erodere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinerodoI gnaw away; corrode
2Latinrōdō—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “erodere”

  • eroso
  • erodibile
  • erose
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