erase
/ɪˈɹeɪs/ih-RAYS
/ɪˈɹeɪs/ih-RAYS
Meaningto scrape out
Common meaning: to rub out
- eout
- rasto scrape, shaveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1521 · scan
‘out’ + ‘to scrape, shave’ → erase
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin rādō ‘to scrape, shave’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry rādō, p. 1521 · dictionary scan
Roots
- rādō, rāsum Latin “to scrape, shave”
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