Etymology of the English word erase
the English word
erasederived from the Latin word
erasusderived from the Latin word
eradere (scrape away, clean, smooth)
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-using the Late Latin prefix
e-Date
The earliest known usage of erase in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
erasion,
erasure,
erased,
erasingCognates
Dutch
raderen, German
radieren, Norwegian
radere, Swedish
raderaUsage
Word found in Modern English
