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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
3Latinrōdō—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →