myEtymology.com: English etymology of airbrasive

Etymology of the English word airbrasive

the English word airbrasive

derived from the English word air

derived from the French word air

derived from the Latin word aer (air; atmosphere, sky)

derived from the Greek word aer, ἀήρ (air; by analogy, to blow); 'air' (as naturally circumambient))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer-

derived from the English word abrasive

derived from the Latin word abrasus

derived 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-