Etymology

rasure

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Today it means: Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally. Full definition →

Middle English rasure ← Anglo-Norman rasure ← Middle French rasure
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  1. Latin · derived fromrāsūra“scraping, shaving”
  2. Middle French · derived fromrasure
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromrasure
  4. Middle English · inherited fromrasure
  5. English todayrasure

From Middle English rasure, from Anglo-Norman rasure, Middle French rasure, from Latin rāsūra (“scraping, shaving”), from the participle stem of rādō (“to scrape, shave”).

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