Etymology

effacement

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Today it means: The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. Full definition →

French effacement ← Old French esfacier
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The story

  1. Old Frenchesfacier
  2. Frencheffacer
  3. Frencheffacement
  4. English todayeffacement

Borrowed from French effacement.

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