Etymology

unerasable

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Today it means: That cannot be erased; indelible. Full definition →

English erase ← Latin ērāsus ← Proto-Italic *razdō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  10. Proto-Italic*eks
  11. Latinex
  12. Latinex-
  13. Proto-Italic*razdō
  14. Latinradō
  15. Latinērādō
  16. Latinērāsus
  17. Englisherase
  18. English todayunerasable

From un- + erase + -able.

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