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
- vocative masculine singular of ērōsus
Ancestry of “erose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | erosus | corroded |
| 2 | Latin | erodo | I gnaw away; corrode |
| 3 | Latin | rōdō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |