Etymology of the English word abrasive
the English word
abrasivederived from the Latin word
abrasusderived from the Latin word
abradere (to scrape away; scratch, scrape, rub)
using the Latin prefix
ab- (away; wrongly, badly)
derived from the Classical Latin word
radere (to scrape; shave; scratch, scrape)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*red-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*rēd-Derivations in English
airbrasive,
nonabrasiveUsage
Word found in Modern English
