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Where does “corrosive” come from?

corrosive (Latin) comes from Latin corrosivus — gnawing; corrosive.

corrosive (Latin): vocative masculine singular of corrōsīvus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of corrōsīvus

Ancestry of “corrosive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincorrosivusgnawing; corrosive
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