Etymology

erasion

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Today it means: The act of erasing; a rubbing out or obliteration; erasure. Full definition →

Latin ērādō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromērādō“to erase, to scrape”
  2. English todayerasion

From Latin ērādō (“to erase, to scrape”) + -siō, equivalent to erase + -ion.

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