English
abrasive
Abrasive comes from Medieval Latin abrāsīvus.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500abrāsīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1978abrasive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500abrāsīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1978abrasive
Earliest quotation: 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon: “The women of the movement, it struck me, were…”
Every English word from Medieval Latin abrāsīvus
Today it means
adj Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin abrāsīvus / abrasive