Where does “abrase” come from?
abrase (Latin) comes from Latin abrasus, from Latin abrado, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
abrase (Latin): vocative masculine singular of abrāsus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of abrāsus
Ancestry of “abrase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | abrasus | scratched, rubbed, scraped off or away, having... |
| 2 | Latin | abrado | I scratch, rub, scrape off or away, abrade; I... |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | from, away from, out of |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |