Etymology

erasure

e·ra·sure
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Today it means: The action of erasing; deletion; obliteration. Full definition →

Latin ērādō ← Proto-Italic *razdō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Italic*razdō
  7. Latinradō
  8. Latinērādō
  9. English todayerasure

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from ērādō (“to erase”) + -tūra (“abstract noun suffix”), equivalent to erase + -ure.

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