English

corrosion

Corrosion comes from Middle English corrosioun.

Middle Englishc. 1150–1500corrosioun
Englishtodaycorrosion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Middle Englishc. 1150–1500corrosioun
Englishtodaycorrosion

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- ‘to scrape, scratch, gnaw’

root, rat, rout, 7 more

through Latin rōdō ‘to gnaw’

rodent, erode, erosion, rostrum, rostral, 6 more

Today it means

noun The act of corroding or the condition so produced.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English corrosioun / corrosion

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