Where does “erode” come from?

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

erode (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “erode”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinerodoI gnaw away; corrode
2Latinrōdōto gnaw, nibble, bite; eat or waste away, corrode, consume; erode
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
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