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Where does “rasure” come from?

rasure (Middle English) comes from Middle French rasure, from Latin rāsūra, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

Ancestry of “rasure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrasure—
2Latinrāsūra—
3Latinrādō—
4Proto-Italicrazdō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “rasure”

  • rasure
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