Where does “эро́зия” come from?
эро́зия (Russian) comes from Latin erosio, from Latin erodo, from Latin rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
Ancestry of “эро́зия”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | erosio | eating away |
| 2 | Latin | erodo | I gnaw away; corrode |
| 3 | Latin | rōdō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |