Where does “erose” come from?

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

erose (Latin): vocative masculine singular of ērōsus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of ērōsus

Ancestry of “erose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinerosuscorroded
2LatinerodoI gnaw away; corrode
3Latinrōdōto gnaw, nibble, bite; eat or waste away, corrode, consume; erode
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Latin rōdō →Every word from Latin erodo →