Etymology

unerase

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Today it means: To restore something that has been erased. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  11. Proto-Italic*eks
  12. Latinex
  13. Latinex-
  14. Proto-Italic*razdō
  15. Latinradō
  16. Latinērādō
  17. Latinērāsus
  18. Englisherase
  19. English todayunerase

From un- + erase.

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