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Etymology of the English word dermabrasion

the English word dermabrasion

derived from the English word abrasion

derived from the Late Latin word abrasio

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-

derived from the Medieval Latin word abrasion

derived from the Greek word derma, δέρμα (skin; a hide)

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

using the English prefix derm-

derived from the Greek word abrasion

Word found in Modern English